How to Install Convos on Linux Mint Latest

Convos is an open source web-based IRC client that is easy to use and install. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Convos on Linux Mint Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing Convos, you need to make sure that your Linux Mint Latest system has the following prerequisites installed:

• Perl version 5.10 or higher
• SQLite3
• cpanminus

You can install these dependencies by running the following commands in the terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install perl sqlite3 cpanminus

Step 1: Install Mojolicious

Mojolicious is a Perl-based web framework that Convos uses as its base. To install Mojolicious run:

sudo cpanm Mojolicious::Lite

Step 2: Download and extract Convos

Download the latest version of Convos from the official website. You can download it using the following command:

wget https://github.com/Nordaaker/convos/archive/v3.3.tar.gz

After downloading, extract the file using the following command:

tar -xf convos-3.3.tar.gz

You can now cd into the extracted directory using the following command:

cd convos-3.3

Step 3: Install dependencies

Convos requires several Perl modules to function properly. You can install these dependencies using the following command:

sudo cpanm --installdeps .

Step 4: Start Convos

To start Convos, run the following command in the terminal:

./script/convos daemon

The server should now start running, and you can access Convos in your web browser by visiting http://localhost:8080.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Convos on Linux Mint Latest. After following these steps, you should have Convos up and running, ready for you to use.