Unixcop published a tutorial showing you how to set up Etherpad on Debian.
Setting up Etherpad on Debian
The following article assumes you are already familiar with what Etherpad is. If thatisn’t the case, then the wikipedia article should suffice for a quick introduction. Even though the Etherpad project is well documented, it isn’t always easy tomake sense from just documentation.
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