HttPlaceholder is a tool that allows you to easily mock HTTP requests and responses. It can be very useful for testing and development purposes. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install HttPlaceholder on MXLinux Latest.
HttPlaceholder requires .NET Core to be installed. You can check if you have .NET Core installed by running the following command:
dotnet --version
If the command is not found or the version is lower than 2.1, .NET Core needs to be installed.
To install .NET Core, first, add the Microsoft package signing key:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver packages.microsoft.com --recv-keys EB3E94ADBE1229CF
Then add the Microsoft package repository:
echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-debian-buster-prod buster main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft.list
Update the system package list:
sudo apt update
Install the .NET Core runtime:
sudo apt install -y aspnetcore-runtime-3.1
Once you have .NET Core installed, you can install HttPlaceholder.
First, clone the HttPlaceholder repository from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/dukeofharen/httplaceholder.git
Then, navigate to the HttPlaceholder directory:
cd httplaceholder/src/HttPlaceholder
Run the following command to build the project:
dotnet build
Finally, start the HttPlaceholder application with the following command:
sudo dotnet run
The application should now be running and listening on port 5000.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install HttPlaceholder on MXLinux Latest. HttPlaceholder can be a very useful tool for mocking HTTP requests and responses, and can be used for testing and development purposes.
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