#Installing Scoold on POP! OS Latest
Scoold is a popular Q&A platform that can be used internally in a company or community or publicly as a customer support platform. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Scoold on POP! OS Latest.
##Prerequisites
##Step 1 - Update the system Before installing Scoold, it is recommended to update the system to the latest version. You can do this by running the following commands in your terminal:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
##Step 2 - Install Java Scoold requires Java to run. You can install Java on your POP! OS latest by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install default-jre
Verify if Java has been installed successfully by running the following command:
java -version
##Step 3 - Download Scoold To download the Scoold package, open a terminal and run the following command:
wget https://scoold.com/downloads/scoold-latest.zip
##Step 4 - Extract the zip package After the package has been downloaded, extract it using the following command:
unzip scoold-latest.zip -d scoold
##Step 5 - Start the Scoold server Navigate to the scoold directory you just created in the previous step using the following command:
cd scoold
Start Scoold by running the following command:
./scoold
You have now successfully installed and started Scoold. To access the platform, open a web browser and type in the following URL:
http://localhost:8080
That's it! You can now start using Scoold on your POP! OS Latest. Happy Q&A-ing!
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