Wastebin is an open-source, modern pastebin written in Go. It provides a simple web interface for users to share snippets of text or code. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Wastebin on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before we begin with the installation process, ensure that you have the following:
Before you can install Wastebin, you need to ensure that you have all the dependencies installed.
apk --update add go git
This command installs Go and Git on your Alpine Linux machine.
Next, you need to clone the wastebin repository from GitHub.
git clone https://github.com/matze/wastebin.git
This command will clone the wastebin repository to the current directory.
To build wastebin, navigate to the folder where the repository was cloned and run the following commands:
cd wastebin
go build
Wastebin uses a configuration file to store its settings. You can create the configuration file using the following command:
cp config-example.toml config.toml
This command creates a copy of the example configuration file config-example.toml in a new file called config.toml.
Finally, run the Wastebin application using the following command:
./wastebin
This will start the Wastebin application and make it available on port 8000.
You can now access the Wastebin application from a web browser by visiting http://localhost:8000.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Wastebin on Alpine Linux Latest. You should now be able to use Wastebin to share snippets of text or code with others.
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