How to Install Mojopaste on NetBSD

Mojopaste is a simple pastebin web application written in Perl. It is available on various platforms, including NetBSD. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps to install Mojopaste on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

  1. A running instance of NetBSD.
  2. A user account with administrative privileges (root access) on NetBSD.
  3. A stable internet connection.

Installation Procedure

  1. Before installing Mojopaste, let's first update the existing packages on your NetBSD instance. To do so, open a terminal or SSH into your NetBSD instance and run the following command:

    pkgin update
    

    This will update the NetBSD package index.

  2. Now that the package index is updated, let's install the required packages (Perl and some Mojopaste dependencies). Run the following command:

    pkgin install perl5 p5-Mojolicious p5-Mojolicious-Plugin-AssetPack p5-DBIx-Class
    

    This will install Perl5, Mojolicious, and their required packages.

  3. Once the installation of packages is complete, let's download the Mojopaste source code. To do so, run the following command:

    cd /usr/local/share
    git clone https://github.com/kraih/mojo-paste.git
    cd mojo-paste
    

    This will download the Mojopaste source code.

  4. Now, you need to configure the database. By default, Mojopaste uses SQLite3 as the database. There is no need to install any additional packages or libraries for SQLite3. To create a SQLite3 database and initialize the tables, run the following command:

    perl script/mojo_paste --initdb sqlite:./mojopaste.db
    

    This will create a new SQLite3 database mojopaste.db, located in the mojo-paste directory, and initialize the tables.

  5. Finally, let's start the Mojopaste web application. Run the following command:

    hypnotoad script/mojo_paste
    

    This will start the Mojopaste web application and make it accessible on port 8080 (by default), so you can access it by visiting http://YOUR_SERVER_IP:8080/ in your web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mojopaste on NetBSD, and you can now share code snippets with others.

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