How to Install Snippet Box on EndeavourOS Latest

Snippet Box is a simple and easy to use self-hosted Snippet management tool that allows you to store, organize, and share code snippets with other developers. Here's how to install Snippet Box on EndeavourOS, the user-friendly Linux distribution.

Requirements

Before you begin, you need to have the following:

• A running instance of EndeavourOS Latest.
• An account with sudo privileges.
• The latest version of Git installed on your system.
• A web server with PHP and MySQL support installed on your system.

Installation Steps

Here are the steps to install Snippet Box on EndeavourOS Latest:

1. Open the terminal window.

2. Install Git on your system by running the following command:

   sudo pacman -S git
   

3. Clone the Snippet Box repository from Github by running the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/pawelmalak/snippet-box.git
   

4. Move the cloned repository to your web server directory. For example:

   sudo mv snippet-box /var/www/
   

5. Create a new MySQL database for Snippet Box by running the following command:

   sudo mysql -u root -p
   

6. Once you are in the MySQL command-line interface, create a new database and user with the following commands:

   mysql> CREATE DATABASE snippetbox;
   mysql> CREATE USER 'snippetuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
   mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON snippetbox.* TO 'snippetuser'@'localhost';
   mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
   mysql> exit;
   

7. Navigate to the Snippet Box installation directory and rename the config.example.php file to config.php.

   cd /var/www/snippet-box
   sudo mv config.example.php config.php
   

8. Edit the config.php file and update the database settings with the following details:

   // Database settings
   define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
   define('DB_NAME', 'snippetbox');
   define('DB_USER', 'snippetuser');
   define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
   

9. Set the correct file permissions for Snippet Box by running the following command:

   sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/snippet-box
   sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/snippet-box
   

10. Restart your web server to apply the new settings by running the following command:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Accessing Snippet Box

Once you have completed the installation, you can access Snippet Box by navigating to http://<your-server>/snippet-box. You will be asked to create an account and login before you can start using the application.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Snippet Box on EndeavourOS Latest, and you can now start sharing your code snippets with other developers.

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