Tutorial: Installing filebrowser on Arch Linux

In this tutorial, we will be installing filebrowser on Arch Linux. Filebrowser is a lightweight web-based file manager that can be used to manage files on your Linux system.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that you have the following:

• Root access or a user account with sudo privileges.
• A running Arch Linux operating system.

Installing filebrowser

The simplest way to install filebrowser on Arch Linux is by using the AUR (Arch User Repository). Open a terminal and follow these steps:

1. Install Git (if not already installed) to clone the AUR package from the GitHub repository. Run the following command in your terminal:

sudo pacman -S git

2. Clone the filebrowser AUR package from the Git repository:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/filebrowser-git.git

3. Change to the filebrowser directory:

cd filebrowser-git

4. Install the pacaur package manager to install the AUR package:

sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/cower.git
cd cower
makepkg -si
cd ..
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/pacaur.git
cd pacaur
makepkg -si
cd ..
pacaur -S filebrowser-git

After executing these commands, filebrowser should be installed on your Arch Linux system.

Configuring filebrowser

By default, filebrowser is installed as a system service and runs on port 8080. You can change the port number by editing the filebrowser configuration file.

1. Open the filebrowser configuration file using your text editor:

sudo nano /etc/filebrowser/filebrowser.json

2. Change the "port" setting to the desired port number:

{
    "port": 8080
}

3. Save and close the file.

Running filebrowser

To run filebrowser on Arch Linux, start the filebrowser service using the following command:

sudo systemctl start filebrowser

Verify that filebrowser is running by visiting the URL "http://localhost:8080" in your web browser.

You have successfully installed and configured filebrowser on your Arch Linux system. You can now use filebrowser to manage your files through a web interface.

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