Lstu is a URL shortener software that allows you to create short links to share on social media or messaging apps. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Lstu on Linux Mint Latest.
Before you install Lstu, ensure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:
To install the Apache web server on your Linux Mint system, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install apache2
After the installation is complete, start the Apache service and enable it to start automatically on system boot:
sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl enable apache2
Lstu requires a database server to store its data, and we'll be using MariaDB in this tutorial. To install MariaDB on your Linux Mint system, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server
After the installation is complete, start the MariaDB service and enable it to start automatically on system boot:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Once the service is started, run the following command to secure your MariaDB installation:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Follow the prompts to configure the root password, remove anonymous users, and disallow remote root login.
To run Lstu, you'll need to install PHP on your system. Run the following command to install PHP along with its required modules:
sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-zip
Once the installation is complete, restart Apache for the changes to take effect:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Now we will download the Lstu source code from its Github repository. Run the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/ldidry/lstu.git
The source code will be downloaded to the current directory.
Before we proceed with the Lstu installation, we need to create a database for it to use. Run the following command to log in to the MariaDB database server:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the root password when prompted. Once you are logged in, run the following commands to create a new database, user, and grant privileges:
CREATE DATABASE lstu_db;
CREATE USER 'lstu_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON lstu_db.* TO 'lstu_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Replace the password with a strong password of your choice.
Navigate to the Lstu directory and run the installation script:
cd lstu
sudo ./install.pl
The Lstu installation script will prompt you with various questions. You can press Enter to accept the default values, or provide your own values.
Once the installation is complete, the Lstu web interface will be available at http://localhost.
You have successfully installed Lstu on your Linux Mint system. You can now use Lstu to create short URLs and share them with others. We hope this tutorial was useful for you.
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