Blog is a simple Python-based static site generator that allows users to create and publish blog posts to a website. In this tutorial, we will be installing Blog on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before we proceed with the installation, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
Blog is hosted on GitHub and is open-source. Therefore, we will need Git to access and download the source code of Blog from the GitHub repository. To install Git, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apk add git
With Git installed, we can download the Blog source code from the GitHub repository. In the terminal, navigate to the directory where you want to download the source code and run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/m1k1o/blog.git
This command will download the Blog source code into a directory named blog.
Blog requires a few Python packages to function correctly. We can install these packages by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo pip3 install -r blog/requirements.txt
This command will install all the necessary packages required for Blog to run.
To generate the Blog website, navigate to the blog directory and run the following command in the terminal:
python3 -m blog build
This command will generate the website and store it in the directory named public/.
With the website generated, we can now run the website on a local server. Navigate to the public/ directory and run the following command in the terminal:
python3 -m http.server
This command will start a local server on port 8000. You can now access the website by navigating to http://localhost:8000 on your web browser.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Blog on Alpine Linux Latest! You can now create and publish blog posts to your website using the Blog static site generator. Please note that you will need to run steps 2, 3, 4, and 5 every time you make changes to the website.
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