In this tutorial, we will cover the steps to install Go IPFS, which is the Go implementation of the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:
Before we can begin with the installation of Go IPFS, we need to install some prerequisites. Open the terminal and run the following commands:
sudo dnf update -y
sudo dnf install -y wget tar
Follow the steps below to download and install Go IPFS:
First, download the latest release of Go IPFS from the official GitHub repository using the following command:
wget https://dist.ipfs.io/go-ipfs/v0.9.2/go-ipfs_v0.9.2_linux-amd64.tar.gz
Note: Make sure to replace v0.9.2 with the latest version of Go IPFS available at the time of installation.
After the download completes, extract the tarball using the following command:
tar -xvzf go-ipfs_v0.9.2_linux-amd64.tar.gz
This will extract the contents of the tarball to a go-ipfs directory.
Change to the go-ipfs directory:
cd go-ipfs
Use the install.sh script to install Go IPFS:
sudo ./install.sh
This will install Go IPFS on your system.
Verify the installation by checking the version of IPFS:
ipfs --version
This should display the version of IPFS installed on your system.
Now that we have installed Go IPFS, we can start the IPFS daemon using the following command:
ipfs daemon
This will start the IPFS daemon and make it available to use.
We have covered the steps to download, install, and start Go IPFS on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS. Now you can start using the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) to share files and data with others.
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