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How to Install Short{Paste} on Alpine Linux

Short{Paste} is a simple, yet powerful tool that allows you to easily share code snippets, text, and other types of data with others. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Short{Paste} on Alpine Linux.

Steps

1. Prepare your environment. Before you can start installing Short{Paste}, you will need to make sure that your environment is set up properly. To do this, you should first ensure that your system is up-to-date by running the following command:

apk update && apk upgrade

This will update the package repository and upgrade any outdated packages.

2. Install Git. In order to download the Short{Paste} repository, you will need to install Git on your system. To do so, run the following command:

apk add git

Once Git is installed, you can move on to the next step.

3. Clone the repository. Now that you have Git installed, you can clone the Short{Paste} repository by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/adyanth/shortpaste.git

This will download the repository files to your system.

4. Install the required packages. Before you can run Short{Paste}, you will need to install a few dependencies. To do so, run the following command:

apk add python3-dev py3-pip gcc musl-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev

This will install Python 3, pip, and the packages required to build some of the required dependencies.

5. Install Short{Paste}. Now that you have all the dependencies installed, you can install Short{Paste} itself by running the following command:

cd shortpaste && pip install -r requirements.txt

This will change the directory to the Short{Paste} repository and install all the required Python packages.

6. Configure Short{Paste}. Short{Paste} comes with a default configuration file named config.ini.example. To use this as your configuration file, you can simply rename it to config.ini by running the following command:

cp config.ini.example config.ini

Once you have renamed the file, you can modify it as required to suit your needs. You will need to specify a database URL and secret key for the app to function properly.

7. Start Short{Paste}. Finally, you can start Short{Paste} by running the following command:

python3 run.py

This will start the Short{Paste} app, which you can then access by visiting http://localhost:5000 in your web browser.

Conclusion

Short{Paste} is a great tool for sharing code snippets and other types of data with others. By following the steps outlined in this tutorial, you should now have a fully functional installation of Short{Paste} on Alpine Linux.

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