How to Install Convos on Manjaro

Convos is a modern chat application that runs in your web browser, providing a fast and seamless experience for managing your IRC chats. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Convos on your Manjaro machine.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

  • A Manjaro machine with an internet connection
  • A command-line interface on your Manjaro machine
  • A user account with sudo privileges

Step 1 – Install Dependencies

Convos requires the following dependencies to be installed on your Manjaro machine:

  • Perl 5.24 or newer
  • Mojolicious 8.0 or newer
  • OpenSSL

To install the necessary packages, open a terminal window and run the following command:

sudo pacman -S perl mojolicious openssl

Step 2 – Download Convos

Next, we need to download Convos from the official website. You can do this by visiting the following URL https://convos.chat/ and clicking on the "Download" button. This will download the latest version of Convos as a .tar.gz archive.

Alternatively, you can download Convos directly from the terminal using the wget command:

wget https://github.com/Nordaaker/convos/archive/refs/tags/v3.3.0.tar.gz

Replace v3.3.0 with the latest release version available.

Step 3 – Extract Convos

Once you have downloaded the Convos archive, extract it to a directory of your choice. To do this, use the following command:

tar -zxvf convos-<version>.tar.gz

Replace <version> with the version number of the Convos archive you downloaded.

Step 4 – Install Convos

To install Convos on your Manjaro machine, run the following commands:

cd convos-<version>
sudo ./script/convos install

This will install Convos along with its required dependencies and configure it for use.

Step 5 – Start Convos

To start Convos, run the following command:

convos start

This will start the Convos server on your Manjaro machine. You can now access Convos by opening your web browser and entering localhost:8080 in the address bar.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Convos on your Manjaro machine. We hope that this tutorial was helpful for you and that you are now able to enjoy the benefits of using Convos for managing your IRC chats.