Plik is an open-source file-sharing platform designed to help users share files quickly and easily. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Plik on MXLinux Latest using the GitHub repository.
Before installing Plik, you must first install its dependencies. Open a command-line terminal and run the following command to update the package manager.
sudo apt-get update
Once the package manager is updated, run the following command to install the dependencies.
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev wget curl llvm libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev xz-utils tk-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev python-openssl python-pil python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel python3-pil python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel
Wait for the installation to complete.
Next, we need to download Plik from GitHub. Open a web browser and go to the Plik repository page at https://github.com/root-gg/plik.
Click on the green "Code" button on the right side of the page and select "Download ZIP".
Save the ZIP file to your home directory.
Open the command-line terminal and navigate to the home directory with the following command.
cd ~
Use the following command to extract the ZIP file.
unzip plik-master.zip
This will extract the Plik repository folder to your home directory.
Navigate to the Plik repository folder with the following command.
cd plik-master
Use the following command to install Plik.
sudo ./setup.py install
This will install Plik on your MXLinux Latest system.
After installation, you can run Plik with the following command.
sudo plikd start
This will start the Plik server. You can access the web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8080.
You can now use Plik to share files with anyone easily.
Conclusion
That's it! You have successfully installed Plik on your MXLinux Latest system. You can now share files with anyone using this open-source file-sharing platform.
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