How to Install Sourcehut on Linux Mint Latest

Sourcehut is an open-source software development platform that provides an easy-to-use interface for your project management needs. If you are running Linux Mint Latest and want to install Sourcehut, follow these steps:

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation process, make sure you have the following things ready:

Installation

Follow these steps to install Sourcehut on Linux Mint Latest:

  1. Open the terminal or command-line interface.

  2. Use the following command to update your system:

    sudo apt update
    
  3. Install the required packages by running the following command:

    sudo apt install curl libc6 libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libexpat1-dev gettext unzip
    
  4. Download the Sourcehut installation file by running the following command:

    curl https://dl.sourcehut.org/sourcehut-linux-amd64.tar.gz -o sourcehut.tar.gz
    
  5. Extract the downloaded .tar.gz file by running this command:

    tar -zxvf sourcehut.tar.gz
    
  6. Move the extracted "sourcehut" directory to /opt:

    sudo mv sourcehut /opt
    
  7. Make the "sourcehut" script executable by running this command:

    sudo chmod +x /opt/sourcehut/sourcehut
    
  8. Create a symlink of the "sourcehut" script in /usr/local/bin:

    sudo ln -s /opt/sourcehut/sourcehut /usr/local/bin/sourcehut
    
  9. Finally, check whether the installation was successful or not by running the command:

    sourcehut --version
    

    You should see the Sourcehut version number.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Sourcehut on your Linux Mint Latest system. From now on, you can use the Sourcehut CLI to manage your software development projects.

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