Copyparty is a file transfer tool designed to make it easy to move large files between computers. It supports a wide range of operating systems, including Linux Mint. Installing Copyparty on Linux Mint is a straightforward process that should only take a few minutes. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Copyparty on Linux Mint latest.
Before we begin, please ensure that:
The first thing we need to do is to install the prerequisites that Copyparty requires. To do this, open the terminal and type the following command:
sudo apt-get install python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libtiff-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libpq-dev libmagic1
Once we have installed the dependencies, we can now download Copyparty. We will use Github to get a copy of Copyparty:
Now that we have Copyparty installed on our computer, we can start using it. First, navigate to the directory where you extracted the Copyparty repository. In the terminal, type:
cd ~/Downloads/copyparty-master
Replace "~/Downloads" with the location of the extracted ZIP file on your computer.
Next, start Copyparty by typing:
python3 -m copyparty.web
You should see a message that says "Starting copyparty" and some other information, which means that Copyparty is running.
To access Copyparty, open your web browser and type the following address:
http://localhost:3923
You should see the Copyparty web interface. From here, you can start sharing files between computers.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Copyparty on Linux Mint latest. We went through the steps to install dependencies, download Copyparty from Github, and start Copyparty on your computer. We hope that you found this tutorial helpful and that you are now able to use Copyparty to transfer large files between computers.
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