Databag is a simple command-line tool for securely storing and retrieving small data files. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Databag on Arch Linux.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following:
Databag requires the following dependencies to be installed on your system:
You can install them by running the following command:
$ sudo pacman -S git ruby rubygems
To install Databag, you can either download the source code from GitHub and build it manually or use the RubyGems package manager to install it.
You can download the source code from GitHub using Git:
$ git clone https://github.com/balzack/databag.git
Once you have the source code, go to the project directory and run the following command:
$ gem build databag.gemspec
This will create a .gem
file in the same directory. To install Databag, run:
$ sudo gem install databag-<version>.gem
Replace <version>
with the actual version number of the .gem
file.
Alternatively, you can install Databag using RubyGems:
$ sudo gem install databag
To verify that Databag is installed correctly, run:
$ databag
This will display the help menu for Databag, which means it's installed successfully.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Databag on Arch Linux. Databag is a simple but powerful tool for securely storing and retrieving small data files. With this tutorial, you can take advantage of its features and benefits in your projects.
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