How to Install Paste on POP! OS Latest

Paste is an open-source PHP script that allows users to share text or code snippets. Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to install Paste on POP! OS Latest.

Prerequisites

• POP! OS installed
• Web server (LAMP stack)
• PHP 7.2 or higher
• Git

Steps

1. Install Git version control system:

sudo apt install git

2. Install the LAMP stack:

sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql

3. Log into the MySQL command-line interface and create a new database and user for Paste:

CREATE DATABASE paste;
CREATE USER 'paste_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'paste_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON paste.* TO 'paste_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

4. Clone the Paste source code from the official GitHub repository:

sudo git clone https://github.com/phpaste/phpaste.git /var/www/html/paste

5. Navigate to the Paste directory and modify the .env file:

cd /var/www/html/paste
sudo nano .env

6. Change the value of the following environment variables to match your setup:

DB_USER=paste_user
DB_PASSWORD=paste_password
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_NAME=paste

7. Save and close the .env file.
8. Install the dependencies required by Paste by executing the following commands in the Paste directory:

sudo apt install composer
sudo composer update

9. Set the proper permissions for the Paste directory:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/paste
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/paste

10. Restart Apache for the changes to take effect:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

11. Open your web browser and navigate to the following URL: http://localhost/paste.
12. You should see the Paste home page. Congratulations! You have successfully installed Paste on POP! OS Latest.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Paste on POP! OS Latest. With Paste, you can easily share text or code snippets with others in a secure and convenient way.

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