How to Install Collabora Online Development Edition on NetBSD

Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE) is a powerful and open-source online office suite that enables you to collaborate with your team members in real-time. This tutorial walks you through the process of installing and configuring Collabora Online Development Edition on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following:

  • A NetBSD server with root access
  • Internet connectivity
  • Basic command-line knowledge

Step 1: Install Required Packages

Ensure that your system has the pkgin package manager installed to install the required packages. Once you have pkgin installed, run the following command to install the necessary prerequisite packages:

pkgin install bash git-core gzip tar wget

Step 2: Download CODE

Next, download the Collabora Online Development Edition source code by executing the following command:

wget https://www.collaboraoffice.com/downloads/Collabora-Online-Development-Edition-<VERSION>.tar.gz

Replace <VERSION> with the latest available version number.

Step 3: Extract CODE

To extract the downloaded tarball, use the following command:

tar -xzf Collabora-Online-Development-Edition-<VERSION>.tar.gz

Step 4: Install CODE

As root, navigate to the extracted CODE directory and run the install.sh script to install Collabora Online Development Edition:

cd Collabora-Online-Development-Edition-<VERSION>/
./setup CODE

Once the installation is finished, you need to start Collabora Online Development Edition. On NetBSD, you can start the software by running:

service loolwsd start

To make sure the basic operation of CODE is functioning, you can check its status with:

service loolwsd status

Access to the Collabora Online Development Edition can be done directly from your web browser.

Conclusion

Collabora Online Development Edition is now successfully installed on your NetBSD server, and you can collaborate with your team members using the suite. We hope this tutorial helped you in installing the software. Thank you for choosing Collabora Online Development Edition!