Blink is an open-source communication platform that allows you to send notifications and alerts with a simple API. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Blink on Linux Mint Latest.
Before starting the installation make sure your Linux Mint is up to date. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Open the terminal by pressing CTRL + ALT + T.
Navigate to the home directory by running the following command:
cd ~
Download the Blink package by running the following command:
wget https://github.com/blinksend/blink/releases/download/v1.0.0/blink-v1.0.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
This will download the Blink package to your home directory.
Extract the package by running the following command:
tar -xvf blink-v1.0.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
Move into the extracted directory by running the following command:
cd blink-v1.0.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/
Now, you need to move the Blink binary to the /usr/local/bin/ directory with the following command:
sudo mv blink /usr/local/bin/
Once the Blink binary is moved to the /usr/local/bin/ directory, you can test that it is installed correctly by running the following command:
blink version
This command will output the version of Blink that is installed on your system.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Blink on Linux Mint Latest. Now you can use Blink to send notifications and alerts using a simple API.
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