How to Install Atomic Server on Void Linux

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Atomic Server, which is an implementation of the Atomic Data specification written in Rust, on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• A computer with a Void Linux operating system installed.
• Rust toolchain installed.

Installing Atomic Server

1. Open the terminal window.
2. Clone the Atomic Server repository from GitHub by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/atomicdata-dev/atomic-data-rust.git

3. Change the working directory to the root of the Atomic Server repository.

cd atomic-data-rust

4. Build the Atomic Server binary.

cargo build --release

5. Install the binary by running the following command:

sudo make install

6. Verify that Atomic Server is installed correctly by running the following command:

atomic-server --version

If everything is installed correctly, you should see the version number of Atomic Server printed in the terminal window.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Atomic Server on Void Linux.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Atomic Server, an implementation of the Atomic Data specification written in Rust, on Void Linux. The process involved cloning the Atomic Server repository from GitHub, building the binary, and installing it using the make install command.

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