kbin is a self-hosted, encrypted file-sharing platform that allows users to securely share files with others. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps of installing kbin on Manjaro.
Before we begin, make sure that your Manjaro system is up-to-date. You can do this by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo pacman -Syyu
The first step is to install the required dependencies. To do this, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S git yarn python python-pip python-virtualenv python-psycopg2 postgresql npm
Next, clone the kbin repository from GitHub by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/kbinani/kbin.git
Navigate to the kbin directory by running:
cd kbin
In order to install the project dependencies, run the following commands:
virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
yarn
Create a new PostgreSQL database and user for kbin:
sudo su postgres
createdb kbin
createuser kbin
psql
ALTER USER kbin WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'kbinpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE kbin to kbin;
Copy the configuration file config.template.py to config.py:
cp config.template.py config.py
And edit the config.py with your text editor, replacing DATABASE_URI value with the following:
DATABASE_URI='postgresql://kbin:kbinpassword@localhost/kbin'
To build and run kbin, run the following commands:
npm run build
npm run dev
After running npm run dev, kbin should now be running at http://localhost:8000. You should be able to access the homepage by visiting that URL.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed kbin on Manjaro. You can now start using it to share files securely with others.
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