How to install Pastefy on NetBSD

Pastefy is a pastebin application used to store and share text snippets. To install Pastefy on your NetBSD system, follow these steps:

  1. Open a terminal window on your NetBSD system.

  2. Make sure that you have the Git version control system installed on your system:

    sudo pkgin install git
    
  3. Clone the Pastefy repository from GitHub:

    git clone https://github.com/LameLemon/pastefy.git
    
  4. Change into the pastefy directory:

    cd pastefy
    
  5. Install the required dependencies using pip:

    sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
    
  6. Create a new configuration file:

    cp pastefy.cfg.example pastefy.cfg
    
  7. Edit the pastefy.cfg configuration file in your preferred text editor. You may need to change some of the settings, such as the SECRET_KEY and SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI values.

  8. Initialize the database by running the following command:

    python init_db.py
    
  9. Start the Pastefy application by running:

    python app.py
    
  10. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:5000 to verify that Pastefy is running.

Congratulations! You have now successfully installed Pastefy on your NetBSD system. You can now use it to store and share text snippets with others.

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