How to Install Paaster on EndeavourOS Latest

Paaster is a web-based platform for sharing and publishing text, code, and other kinds of data. This tutorial will show you how to install Paaster on EndeavourOS Latest using the command line.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure that you have:

• A user account with sudo privileges
• A terminal emulator

Step 1: Update Packages

First, update the package list and upgrade the existing packages with the following command:

sudo pacman -Syu

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Next, install the dependencies required to run Paaster:

sudo pacman -S python python-setuptools python2 python2-setuptools python-pip python2-pip python-psycopg2 python2-psycopg2 python-greenlet python2-greenlet python-eventlet python2-eventlet python-cssselect python2-cssselect postgresql-libs postgresql

Step 3: Install Paaster

Download and install Paaster with pip:

sudo pip install paaster

Step 4: Initialize the Database

Create a Postgres database and user for Paaster:

sudo -u postgres createuser paaster --createdb
sudo -u postgres createdb -O paaster paaster

Initialize the database:

sudo paaster setup-app -c development.ini

Step 5: Start the Server

Finally, start the Paaster server:

sudo paaster serve development.ini

Step 6: Access Paaster

Open a web browser and go to http://localhost:5000/ to access Paaster.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Paaster on EndeavourOS Latest. You can now use Paaster to share and publish text, code, and other kinds of data. Enjoy!

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