How to Install Zulip on Manjaro

Zulip is an open-source team chat application that provides real-time messaging, file sharing, and video conferencing. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the process of installing Zulip on Manjaro.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before we begin installing Zulip, we need to install some dependencies.

Open a terminal and execute the following command:

sudo pacman -S gcc libffi postgresql python python-pip python-setuptools

This command will install the necessary dependencies.

Step 2: Install Zulip Using Pip

Now that we have the dependencies installed, we can install Zulip using pip.

Execute the following command to install Zulip:

sudo pip install zulip

Step 3: Set up Zulip

After installing Zulip, we need to set it up.

To begin the setup process, execute the following command:

zulip --config-file ~/zulip/zulip.conf

This will create a configuration file in your home directory.

Next, we need to create a database for Zulip. Execute the following commands:

sudo -u postgres psql
CREATE USER zulip SUPERUSER PASSWORD 'zulip';
CREATE DATABASE zulip WITH OWNER=zulip CONNECTION LIMIT=-1 ENCODING='utf8';
\q

Once the database is created, we need to run the database migrations:

cd ~/zulip
sudo su zulip -c './manage.py migrate'

Finally, we can start the Zulip server:

sudo su zulip -c './scripts/run-dev.py'

Zulip is now running on our Manjaro machine.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Zulip on Manjaro. We installed the necessary dependencies, installed Zulip using pip, and set it up. With Zulip installed, we can now collaborate with our team through real-time messaging, file sharing, and video conferencing.