Go IPFS is a protocol to establish a peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing files, websites, and applications in a distributed system. In this tutorial, we will see how to install Go IPFS on POP! OS Latest.
Before starting, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Go IPFS requires Go to compile and run the source code. If you haven't installed Go, then follow the below command to install it.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install golang-1.16
Go IPFS source code is available on Github, so you need Git to download the source code. To install Git, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install git
Now, clone the Go IPFS repository from Github to your system using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs.git
This command will download the latest version of Go IPFS in the current directory.
Navigate to the go-ipfs directory by running the following command:
cd go-ipfs
Now, build and install the Go IPFS binaries with the following command:
make install
This command will compile and install Go IPFS on your system.
Finally, check whether Go IPFS is installed correctly by running the following command:
ipfs --version
This command will show you the version of Go IPFS installed on your system.
In this tutorial, we have seen how to install Go IPFS on POP! OS Latest. Once you have installed it, you can use the ipfs command to add, get, and share files and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificates.
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