This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Miniserve, which is a Rust-based web server for quick file sharing. We will be using Linux Mint Latest as our operating system.
Before we proceed with the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your machine:
Linux Mint Latest - if you don't have this operating system installed, you can download it from the official website (https://linuxmint.com/).
Terminal - we will be using the terminal to run the commands.
Git - we need to install Git to download the Miniserve source code. You can install Git by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get install git
Follow the steps below to install Miniserve on Linux Mint Latest:
Open the terminal by press CTRL+ALT+T.
Run the command below to download the Miniserve source code from the official GitHub repository:
git clone https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve.git
Navigate to the downloaded folder by running the command below:
cd miniserve
Now, we need to build the Miniserve program. Run the command below to build the program:
cargo build --release
This command may take a while to complete, depending on your machine configuration.
Once the build is complete, you should see a new binary file named miniserve in the target/release folder.
To make the miniserve executable available globally, we need to copy it to a system folder. Run the command below to copy the miniserve binary to the /usr/local/bin folder:
sudo cp target/release/miniserve /usr/local/bin
This command will prompt you to enter your admin password.
Finally, run the command below to start the Miniserve web server:
miniserve
This will start the server on the default port (8080) and serve files from the current directory.
Open your web browser and enter the following URL to access the Miniserve web interface:
http://localhost:8080
You should see the Miniserve home page, which will list all the files and directories in the current folder.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Miniserve on Linux Mint Latest. You can now use it to quickly share files with your friends or colleagues.
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