How to Install Liteshort on Manjaro

Liteshort is a free and open-source URL shortener software written in Go. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Liteshort on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you should have the following:

• A Manjaro distribution running on your system
• A non-root user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Dependencies

The first step is to install the dependencies required by Liteshort. Open the terminal and execute the following commands:

sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S go git postgresql

Step 2: Clone Liteshort Repository

Next, you need to clone the Liteshort repository from Github. In the terminal, type the following command:

git clone https://git.ikl.sh/132ikl/liteshort

Step 3: Build Liteshort

Once the repository is cloned, go to the liteshort directory by typing:

cd liteshort

In this directory, you can build Liteshort by running the command:

make build

This will create a binary file named liteshort in the same directory.

Step 4: Create a PostgreSQL Database

Liteshort uses PostgreSQL as the default database. To create a new database, run the following commands in the terminal:

sudo systemctl start postgresql
sudo -u postgres psql

This will open the PostgreSQL command-line interface. Now, create a new database:

CREATE DATABASE liteshort;

Exit the PostgreSQL command-line interface by typing:

\q

Step 5: Configure Liteshort

Liteshort uses a configuration file named config.yaml to store its settings. You can copy the sample configuration file config.sample.yaml to config.yaml by running the following command:

cp config.sample.yaml config.yaml

Now, edit the config.yaml file and set the PostgreSQL connection details:

database:
  driver: postgresql
  connection_url: postgres://USER:PASSWORD@localhost:5432/liteshort?sslmode=disable

Replace USER and PASSWORD with the credentials of the PostgreSQL user that you want to use for Liteshort.

Step 6: Run Liteshort

Now, you can start the Liteshort server by running the command:

./liteshort web

This will start the server on port 8080.

You can access the Liteshort web interface by navigating to http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed and configured Liteshort on your Manjaro system. You can now use it to create short URLs for your website or project.

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