Paste is an open-source PHP application that allows users to easily share code snippets. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Paste on Alpine Linux.
Before we start, make sure you have the following:
Paste requires PHP to be installed on your system. We can install PHP using the following command:
sudo apk add php7
We need to install some additional packages before we can install Paste. Use the following command:
sudo apk add git php7-zlib php7-mbstring php7-dom php7-xmlwriter php7-tokenizer php7-xmlreader curl
Paste is available on GitHub. We can download it using Git. Use the following command:
git clone https://github.com/pierredup/php-paste.git
Paste has a configuration file named config.default.php. We need to rename it to config.php and configure it according to our requirements. Use the following command to rename the file:
cp config.default.php config.php
In the config.php file, update the following settings:
Paste uses the Composer package manager to manage dependencies. Use the following command to install Composer:
php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"
mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
Use the following command to install dependencies:
cd php-paste
composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader --no-interaction
We can start Paste using the built-in PHP web server. Use the following command from the php-paste directory:
php -S localhost:8000 -t public
Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000. Paste should be up and running.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Paste on Alpine Linux. You can now share code snippets with ease.
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