Tutorial: Installing Goshorly on Alpine Linux Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Goshorly on Alpine Linux Latest. Goshorly is a command-line tool that simplifies URL shortening and tracking.

Prerequisites

Before you start the installation process, you need to ensure that you have the following:

• Access to the root user account or a user account with sudo privileges
• An internet connection
• Basic knowledge of using the command-line interface (CLI)

Step 1: Install the required packages

To install Goshorly on Alpine Linux Latest, you need to install Git and Go packages. Use the following command to install them:

sudo apk add git go

Step 2: Clone Goshorly repository

After installing the required packages, you need to clone Goshorly repository. Use the following command to clone the repository:

git clone https://gitea.hackmi.ch/Phil/goshorly.git

Step 3: Build Goshorly

Once you have cloned the repository, navigate to the goshorly directory and build the binary file using the following command:

cd goshorly
go build

The above command will create a binary file named goshorly in the same directory.

Step 4: Add Goshorly to PATH

To use Goshorly tool globally, you need to add the goshorly binary file to your system path. Use the following command to add the binary file to PATH:

export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/goshorly

Replace /path/to/goshorly with the actual path to the goshorly binary file.

Step 5: Verify installation

You can verify the installation of Goshorly by running the following command:

goshorly --version

This command will display the version of Goshorly installed on your system.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Goshorly on Alpine Linux Latest by following this tutorial. Now you can use Goshorly to shorten and track URLs on your system.

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