How to Install Paste on Fedora Server Latest

Paste is an open-source PHP application that allows you to create and share online code snippets. This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to install Paste on a Fedora Server Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you must ensure that the following prerequisites are met:

• A Fedora Server Latest instance with sudo privileges.
• Apache webserver installed and configured.
• PHP version 5.3.0 or later installed and configured.
• MySQL database server installed and configured.

Installation

1. Update the system

   sudo dnf update
   

2. Install required packages

   sudo dnf install php-pdo php-mysqlnd
   

3. Download the Paste archive from the official website

   sudo curl -L https://github.com/paste/PASTE/archive/master.zip --output paste.zip
   

4. Extract the downloaded archive

   sudo unzip paste.zip -d /var/www/html/
   

5. Rename the extracted folder to paste

   sudo mv /var/www/html/PASTE-master /var/www/html/paste
   

6. Create a MySQL database for Paste

   sudo mysql -u root -p
   

   CREATE DATABASE paste;
   GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON paste.* TO 'pasteuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
   FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
   EXIT;
   

   • Replace pasteuser and password with your desired database username and password.

7. Configure the Paste application

   sudo cp /var/www/html/paste/inc/config.inc.php.sample /var/www/html/paste/inc/config.inc.php
   

   sudo nano /var/www/html/paste/inc/config.inc.php
   

   Inside the configuration file, modify the following lines:

   $cfg['db_host'] = 'localhost';
   $cfg['db_port'] = '';
   $cfg['db_user'] = 'pasteuser';
   $cfg['db_pass'] = 'password';
   $cfg['db_name'] = 'paste';
   $cfg['app_webroot'] = '/paste/';
   

   Save and close the file.

8. Set permissions on the paste directory

   sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/paste
   

9. Restart the Apache webserver

   sudo systemctl restart httpd
   

Accessing Paste

You can now access Paste on your Fedora Server Latest by navigating to the following URL:

http://your_server_ip_or_domain/paste/

You will be prompted to create a new account, and should then be able to start creating and sharing code snippets using the Paste application.

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