Transfer.sh is a free and open-source service that allows you to easily share files over the internet. It operates through the terminal, and it can be installed on a variety of different Linux distributions. This guide will walk you through the process of installing transfer.sh on the latest version of POP! OS.
Before you can install transfer.sh, you need to make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
Open a terminal emulator on your POP! OS machine.
Update the package index by running the command:
sudo apt update
Install curl by running the command:
sudo apt install curl
Once curl is installed, download the latest version of transfer.sh by running the command:
curl --upload-file ./hello.txt https://transfer.sh/hello.txt
This will download the latest transfer.sh binary to your current working directory.
Make the transfer.sh binary executable by running the command:
chmod +x transfer.sh
Copy the transfer.sh binary to a directory in your system's PATH by running the command:
sudo cp transfer.sh /usr/local/bin/
Verify that transfer.sh is installed correctly by running the command:
transfer.sh --version
If transfer.sh is installed correctly, you should see the version number printed in the terminal.
Once transfer.sh is installed, you can use it to easily share files over the internet. To upload a file, simply run the command:
transfer.sh ./path/to/file.txt
This will upload the specified file to transfer.sh and generate a link that you can use to share the file with others. To download a file that has been shared with you through transfer.sh, simply run the command:
curl -L https://transfer.sh/xxxxxxxx/file.txt --output file.txt
Replace xxxxxxxx with the unique identifier generated by transfer.sh when the file was uploaded.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed transfer.sh on POP! OS!
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