Installing Jitsi Meet on Linux Mint

Jitsi Meet is an open-source application for video conferencing that allows you to host online meetings or webinars. In this tutorial, we will go over how you can install Jitsi Meet on Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your Linux Mint system:

• Git
• Node.js
• NPM

You can install these using the following command:

sudo apt-get install git nodejs npm

Step 1 - Clone the Jitsi Meet Repository

The first step is to clone the Jitsi Meet repository from Github. To do that, run the following command in your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet.git

This will clone the repository in your current working directory.

Step 2 - Install Required Dependencies

Now that we have the source code of Jitsi Meet, we need to install its required dependencies. Change your directory to the cloned repo and run the following command:

cd jitsi-meet
npm install

This should take a few minutes to complete.

Step 3 - Configure the Project

Once all the dependencies have been installed, we need to configure the project. In the same directory run the following command:

npm run postinstall

This will create a new directory config.js with the default configuration in it.

Step 4 - Run Jitsi Meet

Finally, we can start Jitsi Meet. Run the following command in the root directory of the cloned repo:

npm start

This will launch the Jitsi Meet application in your default browser. Enter the name of the meeting and click on the 'Go' button to join the meeting.

Conclusion

That’s it! You’ve successfully installed Jitsi Meet on Linux Mint. Now you can host or join online meetings and webinars without any difficulty.