Installing Goploader on MXLinux Latest

Goploader is a simple file sharing service that allows you to share files with others quickly and easily. Here is a step-by-step guide to installing Goploader on MXLinux Latest using the command line.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure that you have the following:

Step 1: Install Git

The first step is to install Git on your system. Git is a version control system that is used to download and manage code from online repositories like Github.

To install Git, open a terminal window and run the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git

Step 2: Download the latest version of Goploader

Next, we need to download the latest version of Goploader from Github. To do this, navigate to the location where you want to download the repository using the cd command. In this example, we will download Goploader to the Downloads folder.

cd Downloads

Now, clone the Goploader repository by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/Depado/goploader.git

This will download the entire repository to your local machine.

Step 3: Install Dependencies

Goploader has a few dependencies that need to be installed before it can run. We can easily install them with the following command:

sudo apt-get install build-essential git curl

Step 4: Install Go

Goploader is written in the Go programming language. Therefore, you need to have Go installed on your system to run it.

To install Go, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install golang-1.16-go

After the installation is complete, check the Go version by typing go version.

Step 5: Build Goploader

Navigate to the Goploader directory by using the cd command:

cd goploader

Now that we are in the repository directory, we can build Goploader using the following command:

go build main.go

This will create an executable file named main.

Step 6: Run Goploader

To run Goploader, type the following command in your terminal:

./main

This will start the Goploader server on your local machine. You can now access it by opening a web browser and going to http://localhost:8080.

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed Goploader on MXLinux Latest. Now you can share files with others quickly and easily.

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