QuickShare is a free and open source file sharing tool that allows you to quickly and easily share files with others. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing QuickShare on OpenBSD.
Before we get started, you will need the following:
QuickShare requires the following dependencies to be installed on the system:
You can install these dependencies by running the following command:
pkg_add -v python3 git
The next step is to clone the QuickShare repository from GitHub. You can do this by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/ihexxa/quickshare.git
This will create a new directory named "quickshare" in the current working directory.
To install QuickShare, navigate to the "quickshare" directory by running the following command:
cd quickshare
Once you are in the directory, run the following command:
python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
This will install all the required Python packages for QuickShare.
To start QuickShare, run the following command:
python3 quickshare.py
This will start the QuickShare server on port 8080. To access QuickShare, open your web browser and navigate to http://
Congratulations! You have successfully installed QuickShare on your OpenBSD system. Now you can easily share files with others using the QuickShare file sharing tool.
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