Paaster is a simple and modern pastebin web application with various features such as syntax highlighting, password protection, and expiration time. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Paaster on Linux Mint Latest step by step.
Before we proceed with the installation process, make sure that your Linux Mint is up to date by executing the following command.
sudo apt-get update
Also, we need to make sure that our server has Apache server, MySQL database, and PHP that is version 7.2 or higher. If you haven't installed these packages yet, please execute the following command.
sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql unzip
First, we need to download the latest version of Paaster from the official website. You can do that by executing the following command.
wget https://paaster.io/downloads/paaster-latest.zip
After downloading the latest version of Paaster, we need to unzip the file to our Apache root directory by executing the following command.
sudo unzip paaster-latest.zip -d /var/www/html/
Make sure that the files and directories within our Apache root directory have the correct permissions by executing the following command.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/paaster/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/paaster/
Now we need to configure our Apache web server to serve Paaster. To do that, we will create a virtual host configuration file by executing the following command.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/paaster.conf
Add the following content to the file.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/paaster
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/paaster-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/paaster-access.log combined
<Directory /var/www/html/paaster/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Don't forget to replace example.com and www.example.com with your domain name or IP address.
Then, enable the virtual host configuration and restart the Apache server by executing the following command.
sudo a2ensite paaster.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2
We need to create a new MySQL database and user for Paaster to use. To do that, log in to your MySQL server by executing the following command.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Then, create a new database and user with the following SQL commands.
CREATE DATABASE paaster;
CREATE USER 'paaster'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON paaster.* TO 'paaster'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Remember to replace your_password_here with your actual password.
Exit the MySQL prompt by executing the following command.
exit;
We need to edit the Paaster configuration file to allow it to connect to our MySQL database. To do that, open the config.php file by executing the following command.
sudo nano /var/www/html/paaster/config.php
Then, replace the following lines with your MySQL database details.
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_USER', 'paaster');
define('DB_PASS', 'your_password_here');
define('DB_NAME', 'paaster');
Save and close the file.
Now we are ready to test our newly installed Paaster. Open your web browser and go to http://your_domain_or_ip/.
You should see the Paaster homepage. Create a new paste and test all the features.
Congratulation, you have successfully installed Paaster on your Linux Mint Latest.
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