How to Install LinkWarden on Arch Linux

LinkWarden is an open-source URL shortener that supports custom URLs and password protection. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install LinkWarden on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• Arch Linux installed on your machine
• Basic knowledge of Arch Linux command-line interface (CLI)
• Superuser root privileges

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

To install LinkWarden on Arch Linux, we need to install the following dependencies:

• Git: To clone the source code from GitHub
• Composer: To install PHP dependencies
• PHP: To run the application
• MariaDB: To store the data

Use the following command to install these dependencies:

sudo pacman -S git composer php mariadb

Step 2: Clone the Source Code

After installing the dependencies, we can now clone the LinkWarden source code from the GitHub repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/Daniel31x13/link-warden.git

Step 3: Install PHP Dependencies

Once the source code is cloned, navigate to the cloned directory and run the following command to install the PHP dependencies:

cd link-warden
composer install

Step 4: Configure MariaDB

Before we can start the LinkWarden application, we need to configure the MariaDB database.

First, we need to create a new user and database for LinkWarden. Login to the MariaDB server using the following command:

sudo mysql -u root

Then, create a new user and database using the following commands:

CREATE USER 'linkwarden'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
CREATE DATABASE linkwarden;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON linkwarden.* TO 'linkwarden'@'localhost';

Make sure to replace 'password' with a strong password that you can remember.

Step 5: Configure the Application

Next, we need to configure the LinkWarden application by copying the .env.example file to .env and updating the database configuration.

cp .env.example .env
nano .env

Update the following variables in the .env file with the MariaDB database details we created in step 4:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=linkwarden
DB_USERNAME=linkwarden
DB_PASSWORD=password

Save and close the file.

Step 6: Generate the Application Key

After the configuration, we need to generate the application key using the following command:

php artisan key:generate

Step 7: Migrate the Database

Next, we need to migrate the database using the following command:

php artisan migrate

Step 8: Start the Application

Finally, we can start the LinkWarden application using the following command:

php artisan serve

The LinkWarden application should start at http://127.0.0.1:8000.

Conclusion

This tutorial showed you how to install LinkWarden on Arch Linux by cloning the source code from GitHub, installing dependencies, configuring the database, and starting the application. We hope this tutorial was helpful for you. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.

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