How to install Tiny Tiny IRC on EndeavourOS Latest

Tiny Tiny IRC is a lightweight and easy-to-use web-based IRC Client. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install it on EndeavourOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start installing Tiny Tiny IRC on EndeavourOS Latest, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

  • A server with EndeavourOS Latest installed.
  • Root access to the server.
  • Basic knowledge of Linux and the command-line interface.

Step 1: Update your system

Before you start installing Tiny Tiny IRC, it is always a good idea to update your system to ensure that you have the latest software packages installed. To update your system, run the following command:

sudo pacman -Syu

Step 2: Install required software packages

Tiny Tiny IRC requires the following software packages to be installed on your system:

  • Apache web server
  • PHP
  • SQLite database

To install these packages, run the following command:

sudo pacman -S apache php php-sqlite

Step 3: Download and install Tiny Tiny IRC

To download and install Tiny Tiny IRC, follow these steps:

  1. Download the latest version of Tiny Tiny IRC from the official website: https://tt-rss.org/tt-irc/.

  2. Extract the downloaded archive to the Apache web server root directory /srv/http/:

    sudo tar -xzvf tt-irc-*.tar.gz -C /srv/http/

  3. Change the ownership of the extracted files to the Apache web server user http:

    sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/tt-irc/

  4. Change the permissions of the cache directory to allow the Apache web server to write to it:

    sudo chmod 777 /srv/http/tt-irc/cache/

Step 4: Configure Apache web server

To configure the Apache web server to serve Tiny Tiny IRC, follow these steps:

  1. Enable the mod_rewrite module:

    sudo ln -s /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-rewrite.conf /etc/httpd/conf.d/
sudo systemctl restart httpd.service

  2. Create a new Apache web server virtual host for Tiny Tiny IRC by creating a new configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/extra/tt-irc.conf with the following content:

    <VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName tt-irc.example.com
    DocumentRoot /srv/http/tt-irc/
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /index.php?__route__=/$1 [L,QSA]
    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/tt-irc.log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/tt-irc-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

    Replace tt-irc.example.com with the hostname or IP address of your server.

  3. Enable the new virtual host and restart the Apache web server:

    sudo ln -s /etc/httpd/conf/extra/tt-irc.conf /etc/httpd/conf.d/
sudo systemctl restart httpd.service

Step 5: Configure Tiny Tiny IRC

To configure Tiny Tiny IRC, follow these steps:

  1. Open your web browser and navigate to the Tiny Tiny IRC website by entering the URL http://tt-irc.example.com/ in the address bar.
  2. Follow the on-screen instructions to set up the IRC client.
  3. When prompted, enter the SQLite database file path as /srv/http/tt-irc/cache/tt-irc.db.
  4. Once you have configured the IRC client, you can access it by entering the URL http://tt-irc.example.com/ in your web browser.

Congratulations! You have now successfully installed Tiny Tiny IRC on EndeavourOS Latest.