In this tutorial, we'll learn how to install shorturl on EndeavourOS Latest. Shorturl is a simple URL shortener that can be used to shorten long URLs into easy-to-remember short URLs. We will be using the shorturl source code from https://git.mills.io/prologic/shorturl.
Before we begin, ensure that you have the following:
Open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.
Install Git and Go using the following command:
sudo pacman -S git go
Clone the shorturl repository using Git.
git clone https://git.mills.io/prologic/shorturl.git
Change the directory to shorturl.
cd shorturl
Build the shorturl binary.
go build -o shorturl
Move the shorturl binary to /usr/local/bin.
sudo mv shorturl /usr/local/bin/
Verify that shorturl is installed and working by typing the following command:
shorturl -h
To shorten a URL using shorturl, use the following command:
shorturl shorten https://example.com
Replace https://example.com with the URL you want to shorten.
To expand a short URL using shorturl, use the following command:
shorturl expand http://sho.rt/ABC123
Replace http://sho.rt/ABC123 with the short URL you want to expand.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install shorturl on EndeavourOS Latest. We also learned how to use shorturl to shorten and expand URLs. With shorturl installed, you can now easily shorten long URLs into memorable short URLs.
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