Installing HttPlaceholder on Linux Mint

If you want to do some API testing or mocking, HttPlaceholder is the right tool for you. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install HttPlaceholder on the latest version of Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, make sure that you have the following requirements:

• Linux Mint Latest
• .NET Core SDK 3.1 or above

Installing .NET Core SDK

If you don't have .NET Core SDK installed on your system, you can use the following steps to install it:

1. Update the package list:

sudo apt-get update

2. Install the dependencies required to run .NET Core SDK:

sudo apt-get install -y curl libunwind8 gettext apt-transport-https

3. Add the Microsoft package repository to your system:

curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
sudo mv microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/microsoft.gpg

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-bionic-prod bionic main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dotnetdev.list'

4. Update the package list:

sudo apt-get update

5. Install .NET Core SDK:

sudo apt-get install -y dotnet-sdk-3.1

Installing HttPlaceholder

Now that we have the .NET Core SDK installed, we can proceed with the installation of HttPlaceholder:

1. Clone the HttPlaceholder repository:

git clone https://github.com/dukeofharen/httplaceholder.git

2. Change to the HttPlaceholder directory:

cd httplaceholder

3. Build the HttPlaceholder project:

dotnet build

4. Run the HttPlaceholder project:

dotnet run

5. You should now be able to access HttPlaceholder by going to http://localhost:5000 in your web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed HttPlaceholder on your Linux Mint system. Now get started with testing and mocking your APIs.

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