How to Install Tiny Tiny IRC on POP! OS Latest

Tiny Tiny IRC is a web-based IRC client that runs on your server or hosting account. It offers an easy-to-use interface with lots of features for beginners and advanced users alike. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Tiny Tiny IRC on the latest version of POP! OS.

Prerequisites

For this tutorial, you will need:

• A server running the latest version of POP! OS
• Root access to the server
• SSH client software installed on your local computer

Step 1: Connect to Your Server with SSH

To install Tiny Tiny IRC on your server, you need to log in using SSH. Open your SSH client and connect to your server by entering your server's IP address and your username and password.

ssh username@server_ip_address

Step 2: Install Required Packages

Before we can install Tiny Tiny IRC, we need to install some required packages. Run the following command to update your server's package list and install the necessary packages.

sudo apt update && sudo apt install git apache2 php php-mbstring php-xml php-curl

Step 3: Download and Install Tiny Tiny IRC

Now that we have the required packages installed, let's download and install Tiny Tiny IRC. Change to your web directory and clone the Tiny Tiny IRC repository.

cd /var/www/html/
sudo git clone https://github.com/levito/tt-irc.git

Once the repository is cloned, change the ownership of tt-irc to the www-data user so that Apache can access it.

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data tt-irc

Step 4: Configure Apache

Tiny Tiny IRC needs to be served by Apache, which means we need to configure Apache. Create a new virtual host configuration file for Tiny Tiny IRC.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/tt-irc.conf

Add the following lines to the file, replacing example.com with your domain name or server IP.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName example.com

    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/tt-irc

    <Directory /var/www/html/tt-irc>
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/tt-irc_error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/tt-irc_access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Activate the new virtual host by creating a symbolic link to it in the sites-enabled directory.

sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/tt-irc.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/tt-irc.conf

Restart Apache for the changes to take effect.

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 5: Access Tiny Tiny IRC

You should now be able to access Tiny Tiny IRC in your web browser at http://example.com. Replace example.com with your domain name or server IP.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Tiny Tiny IRC on the latest version of POP! OS. We installed the necessary packages, downloaded and installed Tiny Tiny IRC, configured Apache, and accessed Tiny Tiny IRC in our web browser.

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