Cherokee is a high-performance web server that can be installed on various Linux distributions. In this guide, we will show you how to install Cherokee on Linux Mint.
Before we proceed with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
First, update your system to the latest packages using the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
To install Cherokee on Linux Mint, you have two options:
Run the following command in the terminal to install Cherokee:
sudo apt-get install cherokee -y
If the official repository version is outdated, you can install the latest version of Cherokee from the official website. Follow these steps:
wget https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/archive/refs/tags/v1.2.104.tar.gz
Replace the version number with the latest version available on the website.
tar -xvzf v1.2.104.tar.gz
cd webserver-1.2.104/
sudo apt-get build-dep cherokee -y
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
make
sudo make install
sudo systemctl start cherokee
To access the Cherokee web interface, open your web browser and enter the following URL:
http://localhost:9090/
You should now see the Cherokee web interface.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Cherokee on Linux Mint Latest. You can now host your web applications on the Cherokee web server. For more information on using the Cherokee web server, refer to the official documentation.
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