How to install Coral on MXLinux Latest

Coral is a platform that allows newsrooms and journalists to have better conversations with their audiences. If you want to install Coral on your MXLinux Latest system, here’s how to do it.

Step 1: Install MongoDB

Coral requires MongoDB, a NoSQL database, to store its data. To install MongoDB on your MXLinux Latest system, open a terminal and enter the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install mongodb

Once the installation is complete, you can start MongoDB by running:

sudo systemctl start mongodb

You can also enable MongoDB to start automatically at boot time by running:

sudo systemctl enable mongodb

Step 2: Install Node.js

Coral is built with Node.js, a server-side JavaScript platform. To install Node.js on your MXLinux Latest system, open a terminal and enter the following commands:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt install -y nodejs

Once the installation is complete, you can check the version of Node.js by running:

node -v

Step 3: Install Coral

To install Coral, open a terminal and enter the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install git
git clone https://github.com/coralproject/talk.git
cd talk
npm install

This will download the Talk code from Github and install its dependencies.

Step 4: Configure Coral

Coral requires some configuration before it can be used. To configure Coral, create a file called .env in the talk directory and add the following configuration options:

MONGODB_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/talk
TALK_ROOT_URL=http://localhost:3000

These options specify the URL for MongoDB and the root URL for Coral.

Step 5: Start Coral

To start Coral, open a terminal and enter the following command:

npm start

This will start the Coral server and make it available at http://localhost:3000.

Conclusion

Congratulations, you have installed and configured Coral on your MXLinux Latest system. You can now use Coral to have better conversations with your audiences.