Installing Vaults from GitHub on Clear Linux

Vaults is a distributed file system that allows for secure decentralized file storage. It can be installed on Clear Linux from the repository on GitHub.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you will need to ensure that you have the following:

Step 1: Clone the Vaults GitHub repository

Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where you want to download the Vaults GitHub repository. Then, clone the repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/MatrixEternal/vaults

This will download the latest version of the Vaults repository to your local machine.

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Before installing Vaults, you will need to install the necessary dependencies.

Execute the following command to install the dependencies:

sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libfuse devpkg-openssl

This will install libfuse and OpenSSL dependencies needed to build Vaults.

Step 3: Build and Install Vaults

To build Vaults, navigate to the folder where you cloned the repository in step 1 using the terminal:

cd vaults

Once you are in the vaults directory, run the following commands to build and install Vaults:

make
sudo make install

These commands will build the Vaults application and install it to your system.

Step 4: Start the Vaults Server

To start the Vaults server, run the following command:

vaultsd

This will start the Vaults server on your machine.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Vaults on Clear Linux.

To connect to the Vaults server and start using it, refer to the Vaults documentation.

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