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How to Install Filebrowser on Linux Mint Latest

Filebrowser is an open-source file managing tool that allows users to access, manage or share files easily via a web interface. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and set up filebrowser on Linux Mint Latest.

Prerequisites

Step-by-Step Guide

Step 1: Update your System

Before installing Filebrowser, it's important to update your system to the latest version. To do this, run the following command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Step 2: Install Curl

Curl command-line tool is used to transfer data from or to a server. If you don't have curl installed, run the following command:

sudo apt install curl

Step 3: Install Filebrowser

  1. To begin the installation process, download Filebrowser binary from the official website using the following command.
curl -fsSL https://filebrowser.org/get.sh | bash

This command will download the latest stable version of the binary.

  1. Next, you can move the binary file to /usr/bin/filebrowser directory using the following command:
sudo mv filebrowser /usr/bin/
  1. Change the file permission so that it can be executed by everyone.
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/filebrowser

Step 4: Configure Filebrowser

  1. Create a configuration file for filebrowser
sudo nano /etc/filebrowser.conf

Add the following configurations.

[Address]
   Address = 0.0.0.0
   Port = 8080
  1. Create the directory for storing filebrowser data.
sudo mkdir -p /etc/filebrowser/db
sudo chmod a+w /etc/filebrowser/db
  1. Create a user for filebrowser and set a password.
sudo filebrowser users add USERNAME PASSWORD --perm.admin

Replace 'USERNAME' with your desired username and 'PASSWORD' with a strong password.

Step 5: Starting Filebrowser

After completing the above steps, you can now start Filebrowser using the following command.

sudo filebrowser -c /etc/filebrowser.conf

You can now access Filebrowser on the web by going to http://YOUR_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS:8080.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Filebrowser on Linux Mint Latest. By following the above steps, you can efficiently manage your files through a web interface.

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