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-====== Installing Mesh Chat on LinuxMint ======
-===== Fresh LinuxMint Install =====
-  * Change Hostname to ''VA7FI-Linux'' because that'll be the Node name on Mesh chat:<code bash>
-sudo hostnamectl set-hostname VA7FI-Linux</code>
-===== Installing Mesh Chat =====
-Following the instructions on [[http://www.trevorsbench.com/meshchat-messaging-for-mesh-networks |Trevorsbench]]:
-  * Install dependencies:<code bash>
-sudo aptitude install curl apache2
-</code>
-  * Download and install Mesh Chat:<code bash>
-wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/aredn/meshchat_1.02_all.deb
-sudo dpkg -i meshchat_1.02_all.deb
-</code>
-  * Edit configuration file:<code bash>
-sudo pico /usr/lib/cgi-bin/meshchatconfig.pm
-</code>
-<WRAP indent>
-and edit the last two lines so that the zone matches the other Mesh Chat Instances, and the node is the name of your AREDN Node.  In my case:
-our $pi_zone                    = 'MIMeshChat';
-our $local_meshchat_node        = 'VA7FI-HAP-1';
-</code bash>
-===== Tests =====
-  * [[http://localhost/meshchat/]]
-  * [[http://<ip from AREDN>/meshchat/]]
-====== Problem 1 ======
- "Lock Error"  Ref: [[https://www.arednmesh.org/content/pi-meshchat-error-sending-message]]
-Looking in ''/var/log/apache2/error.log'', I see many of:<code bash>
-touch : cannot touch '/tmp/meshchat/lock' : No such file or directory.
-clould not get lock at /usr/lib/cgi-bin/meshchatlib.pm line 35</code>
-Issue is that apache doesn't allow use of ''/tmp'' folder.  So created these:<code bash>
-sudo mkdir /var/www/html/meshchat/tmp/
-sudo mkdir /var/www/html/meshchat/tmp/meshchat/
-sudo chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www/html/meshchat/tmp/
-sudo chmod 770 -R /var/www/html/meshchat/tmp/
-</code>
-Edit config file to update location of ''/tmp'' folder:<code bash>
-sudo pico /usr/lib/cgi-bin/meshchatconfig.pm
-</code>
-And replace every instance of ''/tmp/'' by ''/var/www/html/meshchat/tmp/''
-Restart services:<code bash>
-sudo systemctl daemon-reload
-sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
-sudo /etc/init.d/meshchatsync restart
-</code>
-====== Problem 2 ======
-Not getting chats from other ''MIMeshChat'' instances