How to Install Go IPFS on Void Linux

In this tutorial, we will be going through the steps required to install Go IPFS on Void Linux.

Go IPFS is a command-line interface that is used for sharing peer-to-peer files using the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS). It is built on Golang and is an open-source project.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following:

• A running instance of Void Linux with root access.
• An active internet connection.

Step 1: Install Go

Before you can install Go IPFS, you need to have Golang installed on your Linux system. To install Go, follow the steps below:

1. Open the terminal and run the following command to install Go:

   xbps-install -Sy go
   

2. Verify that Go is installed on your system by running the following command:

   go version
   

   You should see output similar to the following:

   go version go1.17 linux/amd64
   

Step 2: Install IPFS

Now that you have Go installed on your system, you can go ahead and install IPFS by following the steps below:

1. Open the terminal and run the following command to download the IPFS source code:

   go get -u github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
   

2. Next, navigate to the IPFS source code directory:

   cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
   

   Note: $GOPATH is the location where Go stores all of its packages and dependencies. By default, it is set to $HOME/go.

3. Build the IPFS binary by running the following command:

   make install
   

   This step might take a few minutes to complete.

4. Verify that IPFS is installed on your system by running the following command:

   ipfs version
   

   You should see output similar to the following:

   ipfs version 0.9.1
   

Step 3: Start the IPFS Daemon

To start using IPFS, you need to start the IPFS daemon by running the following command:

ipfs daemon

This will start the IPFS daemon and you should see output similar to the following:

Initializing daemon...
Successfully raised file descriptor limit to 1024.
Swarm listening on /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/4001/p2p/QmS5y5eLwSvyC1x49dHYH9Z6c4U4kmbE6vm34o6SH5ybjP
Swarm listening on /ip4/172.16.0.15/tcp/4001/p2p/QmS5y5eLwSvyC1x49dHYH9Z6c4U4kmbE6vm34o6SH5ybjP
Swarm listening on /ip6/::1/tcp/4001/p2p/QmS5y5eLwSvyC1x49dHYH9Z6c4U4kmbE6vm34o6SH5ybjP
Swarm is live

This means that the IPFS daemon is now running and you can start sharing files using IPFS.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we went through the steps required to install Go IPFS on Void Linux. Once you have installed IPFS, you can start sharing files over the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) using the IPFS daemon.

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