PurritoBin is a self-hosted pastebin alternative that allows you to store and share snippets of text or code. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install PurritoBin on POP! OS latest using the terminal.
Before installing PurritoBin, you should ensure that you have the following:
Start by updating your system and installing the required dependencies:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install -y git nginx curl wget sqlite3 php7.4-fpm php7.4-sqlite3 php7.4-mbstring
Next, clone the PurritoBin repository using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/PurritoBin/PurritoBin.git
Navigate to the cloned directory using the following command:
cd PurritoBin
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. In this step, you will install Composer using the following command:
wget https://getcomposer.org/download/latest-stable/composer.phar
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer
Now you need to install the PurritoBin dependencies. Run the following command to install the dependencies:
sudo composer install --no-plugins --no-scripts
Create a new Nginx server block file for PurritoBin using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/purritobin
Add the following configuration to the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com; # Replace with your domain name
root /home/user/PurritoBin/public;
# Add index.php to the list if you are using PHP
index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
}
}
Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl + X, Y, and then Enter.
Enable the PurritoBin server block you have just created using the following command:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/purritobin /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Check the Nginx configuration is valid using the following command:
sudo nginx -t
If the configuration file is valid, reload Nginx using the following command:
sudo systemctl reload nginx
Open the config.php file and modify it:
cd /home/user/PurritoBin
nano config.php
Update the following values:
$config['app']['url'] = 'http://example.com'; # Replace with your domain name
$config['db']['file'] = '/home/user/PurritoBin/database/db.sqlite'; # Change directory and file name as per your requirement
Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl + X, Y, and then Enter.
Initialize the PurritoBin database using the following command:
sudo php artisan migrate
Start the PHP server using the following command:
sudo php artisan serve
PurritoBin should now be accessible at http://localhost:8000.
Test PurritoBin by creating a new paste and sharing it with someone else.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed PurritoBin on POP! OS.
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