In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Go IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) on NetBSD. IPFS is a distributed file system that seeks to connect all computing devices with the same system of files. It is a peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol designed to make the web faster, safer, and more open.
Before we start, make sure you have the following:
Go is a programming language used to develop IPFS. We need to install Go before we can install and use IPFS. To install Go, run the following command in the terminal:
pkg_add go
Now that we have Go installed, we can proceed to clone the IPFS repository from GitHub. To clone the repository, run the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs.git
This will clone the repository into a go-ipfs directory in your current location.
Next, we need to build IPFS from the cloned repository. To do this, navigate into the go-ipfs directory and run the following command:
make build
This will build IPFS and create a binary executable file in the go-ipfs/cmd/ipfs directory.
Now that we have built IPFS, we can install it on our system. To install IPFS, run the following command:
make install
This will install IPFS on your system and make the ipfs executable available in your $PATH environment variable.
To verify that IPFS was installed correctly, run the following command:
ipfs --version
This should output the current version of IPFS installed on your system.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed IPFS on NetBSD. With IPFS, you can now interact with a distributed file system that is faster, safer, and more open than traditional web protocols. Try exploring the various commands available in IPFS to get a better understanding of its capabilities.
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