How to Install Rustypaste on NetBSD

Rustypaste is a command-line tool for creating, managing, and sharing code snippets. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Rustypaste on NetBSD using the source code available on Github.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation process, you need to ensure that the following prerequisites are installed in your NetBSD terminal:

• Git
• Rust

Installation Steps

1. Open the terminal on your NetBSD machine.
2. Clone the Rustypaste repository using Git by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/orhun/rustypaste.git

3. Change the directory to the Rustypaste folder by running the following command:

cd rustypaste

4. Build the Rustypaste binary by running the following command:

cargo build --release

5. After building the binary, you can find it in the ./target/release/rustypaste folder. Copy this binary to your local binary folder by running the following command:

cp ./target/release/rustypaste /usr/local/bin

6. Rustypaste is now successfully installed on your NetBSD machine. To test whether it is working, run the following command:

rustypaste --version

This should display the Rustypaste version number on your terminal screen.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Rustypaste on NetBSD using the source code available on Github. With Rustypaste installed, you can now easily create and manage code snippets directly from your NetBSD machine.

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