Tutorial: Installing Bepasty on MXLinux Latest

Bepasty is a simple yet powerful tool for sharing files securely over the internet. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Bepasty on MXLinux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that you have:

  1. A running instance of MXLinux Latest
  2. A terminal emulator installed
  3. sudo privileges

Installing Bepasty

  1. Open your terminal emulator and run the following commands to install the necessary dependencies:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3 python3-dev python3-pip python-virtualenv redis-server
  1. Create a virtual environment for Bepasty:
mkdir ~/bepasty
cd ~/bepasty
python3 -m virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
  1. Install Bepasty:
pip3 install bepasty
  1. Run Bepasty:
bepasty-server

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Bepasty on MXLinux Latest.

Configuring Bepasty

By default, Bepasty will listen on port 5000. You can change this by editing the configuration file located at ~/bepasty/etc/bepasty-server.conf.

By default, Bepasty allows any user to upload and download files. You can restrict access by adding authentication to the configuration file.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we walked you through the process of installing and configuring Bepasty on MXLinux Latest. Now that you have Bepasty up and running, you can start sharing files securely over the internet.

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