How to Install Copyparty on Alpine Linux Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Copyparty on Alpine Linux Latest. Copyparty is a file-sharing and synchronization tool that can be installed on multiple platforms including Linux, Windows, and macOS. Alpine Linux is a lightweight distribution that is designed for security and efficiency.

Prerequisites

Before installing Copyparty, make sure that your system meets the following requirements:

• A fresh installation of Alpine Linux with the latest updates
• A non-root user with sudo privileges
• Basic knowledge of Alpine Linux command-line interface

Installation Steps

1. Install necessary dependencies:

sudo apk add build-base python3-dev openssl-dev libffi-dev

2. Install pip3:

sudo apk add py3-pip

3. Install Copyparty using pip3:

pip3 install copyparty

4. Run Copyparty for the first time:

copyparty --init

5. Configure Copyparty by editing ~/.config/copyparty/config. You can change things like the port number, shared file directory, and maximum upload size.

nano ~/.config/copyparty/config

6. Start Copyparty:

copyparty

7. Copyparty should now be running and you should be able to connect to it using a web browser. Navigate to http://<your-ip-address>:8001/ to access the web interface.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Copyparty on Alpine Linux Latest. After following the above steps, you should have a working version of Copyparty running on your system. Copyparty is a powerful tool that can be used to easily share and synchronize files between different devices.

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