Installing Glowing Bear on Linux Mint

Glowing Bear is a web-based IRC client that is highly customizable and extensible. It is based on the WeeChat IRC client and can be installed on a Linux Mint system using the following steps:

1. Install WeeChat: Glowing Bear is based on WeeChat, so it must be installed first. Open a terminal window and run the following command to install WeeChat:

   sudo apt-get install weechat
   

2. Install Glowing Bear: Next, you need to install Glowing Bear itself. You can download the latest release from the Glowing Bear GitHub page by running these commands:

   git clone https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear.git
   cd glowing-bear
   

3. Build Glowing Bear: Now you need to compile Glowing Bear. Run the following command:

   make
   

   This will build the Glowing Bear application.

4. Install dependencies: You also need to install some dependencies required by Glowing Bear. Run the following command to install them:

   sudo apt-get install python3 python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-cherrypy3 python3-openssl python3-socks python3-blinker python3-requests python3-paste python3-paste-deploy
   

5. Configure Glowing Bear: Finally, you need to configure Glowing Bear by creating a configuration file. Run the following command:

   cp config.ini.sample config.ini
   

6. Start Glowing Bear: You can now start Glowing Bear by running the following command:

   python3 start.py
   

   This will start the Glowing Bear web server. You can access it by opening a web browser and navigating to "http://localhost:8080". You should see the Glowing Bear login page.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and setup Glowing Bear on your Linux Mint system.