The Lounge is a web-based IRC client that allows you to chat on IRC channels from within your web browser. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of The Lounge on POP! OS.
Before you start installing The Lounge, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
We will start by updating the POP! OS system packages to their latest version. Open your terminal and run the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
The Lounge is built using Node.js, which needs to be installed on the system along with npm, the default package manager for Node.js. To install Node.js and npm, run the following command:
sudo apt install nodejs npm
Git is a version control system that is used to download and install The Lounge from the official GitHub repository. To install Git, run the following command:
sudo apt install git
Now it's time to download and install The Lounge. Open your terminal and run the following commands:
git clone https://github.com/thelounge/thelounge.git
cd thelounge
npm install --production
To start The Lounge, run the following command:
node index.js -w /path/to/ssl/certificate -k /path/to/ssl/key
The -w option specifies the path to the SSL certificate file, and the -k option specifies the path to the SSL key file. If you don't have an SSL certificate, you can omit these options.
Once The Lounge is started, you can access it by opening your web browser and entering your server's IP address or domain name along with the port number 9000, for example: http://example.com:9000.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install The Lounge on POP! OS. You can now start using The Lounge to chat on IRC channels from within your web browser. Remember to keep your system updated to ensure the security and stability of your system.
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