Tutorial: How to install Livebook on Alpine Linux Latest

Livebook is a browser-based interactive programming notebook that allows you to create and edit documents using live, reactive code powered by the Elixir programming language. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Livebook on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A computer or virtual machine running on the Alpine Linux Latest operating system.
• A user account with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Update your package repository

First, update your package repository to ensure that you have the latest versions of packages installed by running the following command:

sudo apk update

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Livebook has a few dependencies that need to be installed on your system. Run the following command to install the required packages:

sudo apk add --no-cache git elixir erlang-dev erlang-parsetools erlang-xmerl

Step 3: Clone the Livebook repository

Next, clone the Livebook repository from GitHub using the git command:

git clone https://github.com/livebook-dev/livebook.git

Step 4: Install Livebook

Now, change directory to the Livebook source directory and run the following commands:

cd livebook
mix deps.get
mix compile

This will download and compile the dependencies required to run Livebook.

Step 5: Start Livebook

Finally, start Livebook by running the following command:

iex -S mix phx.server

Livebook should now be running on your system. By default, it will be accessible at http://localhost:8080.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Livebook on Alpine Linux Latest. With Livebook installed, you can easily create, edit, and run interactive programming notebooks. Happy coding!

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