This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Send on Elementary OS Latest. Send is a simple and easy-to-use file sharing tool that allows you to share large files with anyone, anywhere. It is an open-source project and can be downloaded from https://github.com/timvisee/send.
Follow these steps to install Send on your Elementary OS Latest.
Open the terminal application and run the following command to install the necessary dependencies.
sudo apt-get install git build-essential pkg-config libssl-dev
Run the following command to clone the Send repository from GitHub.
git clone https://github.com/timvisee/send.git
Navigate to the cloned directory using the following command.
cd send
Then, run the following command to build Send.
cargo build --release
To use Send, you need to set up environment variables. To do so, create a new file called .env using the following command.
nano .env
Now, add the following two lines in the file.
SEND_DATA_DIR=$HOME/send-data
SEND_AUTH_TOKEN=$(openssl rand -base64 18)
Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl + X followed by Y.
Finally, run the following command in the terminal to start Send.
./target/release/send
This will start Send, and you will see output similar to the following.
• Environment variables loaded
• SEND_AUTH_TOKEN: e9G5I5A5V5w5j5r5r5q5q5q5q5o5Q5Q5V5y5W5n=
• Serving files out of: /home/user/send-data
• Listening on: http://0.0.0.0:8080
You can now open a web browser and go to http://localhost:8080 to start using Send.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Send on your Elementary OS Latest system. You can now easily share large files with anyone, anywhere. If you encounter any issues, please refer to the Send GitHub page for support.
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