Surfer is a web server that serves static websites and provides additional features like password protection, authentication, and HTTPS support. This tutorial will guide you on how to install Surfer on Elementary OS.
Before starting this tutorial, you should have:
Open up the terminal application by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T or by searching for it in the applications menu.
Update the system packages index by running the command below:
sudo apt-get update
Install the required dependencies by entering the command below:
sudo apt-get install -y wget unzip
Navigate to the official Surfer repository on Cloudron by visiting this link: https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/surfer.
Click on the "Download" button and copy the link to the latest release.
Download the latest release of Surfer by running the command below, where ReleaseURL is the link you copied:
sudo wget ReleaseURL
Extract the downloaded files using the following command:
sudo unzip surfer-<version>.zip -d /usr/local/bin/
Replace <version> with the version you just downloaded.
Change the file permissions of surfer:
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/surfer
Verify that Surfer has been successfully installed by running the command below:
surfer --version
The output should be the version number of Surfer.
You have successfully installed Surfer on Elementary OS. You can now start using Surfer to serve static websites and take advantage of its additional features.
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