How to Install Thredded on MXLinux Latest

Thredded is a free and open-source forum Rails engine that helps you add a full-featured forum to your Ruby on Rails application in no time. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Thredded on MXLinux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, you must have the following prerequisites:

  • MXLinux Latest installed on your system
  • Access to a terminal session with sudo privileges
  • Ruby and Rails installed on your system

Install Thredded

Follow the below steps to install Thredded on MXLinux Latest:

  1. Open up a terminal window from the taskbar or navigate to Applications > Terminal.

  2. Install the necessary dependencies by running the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y git build-essential libsqlite3-dev zlib1g-dev nodejs
  1. Install the rvm (Ruby Version Manager) on your system by running the following command:
gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3
\curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm
  1. Install the latest stable version of Ruby by running the following command:
rvm install ruby --latest
  1. Install the latest stable version of Rails by running the following command:
gem install rails --no-rdoc --no-ri
  1. Clone the latest version of the Thredded repository to your local system by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/thredded/thredded.git
  1. Navigate inside the cloned directory by running the following command:
cd thredded
  1. Install the necessary gems by running the following command:
bundle install
  1. Configure the database by running the following command:
rake db:create
rake db:migrate
  1. Start the application by running the following command:
rails server

Conclusion

That is it! You have successfully installed Thredded on MXLinux Latest. You can now launch the application by visiting http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.