How to Install PsiTransfer on Void Linux

PsiTransfer is an open-source, web-based file transfer software that allows users to securely transfer files with minimal setup. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing PsiTransfer on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

• Void Linux installed on your device. If you haven't installed it yet, follow the official installation guide first.

Install Dependencies

Before installing PsiTransfer, we need to install some dependencies required by PsiTransfer. Open the terminal and execute the following commands:

sudo xbps-install -S php php-curl php-pdo php-json php-mbstring php-xml php-mbstring sqlite3 nginx git

• php: PHP runtime
• php-curl: PHP extension for curl
• php-pdo: PHP extension for PDO
• php-json: PHP extension for JSON
• php-mbstring: PHP extension for multi-byte string functions
• php-xml: PHP extension for xml
• sqlite3: SQLite database engine
• nginx: Web server
• git: Git version control system

Clone PsiTransfer Repository

We will now clone the PsiTransfer repository from Github, so we can install it. Run these commands:

git clone https://github.com/psi-4ward/psitransfer.git
cd psitransfer

Configuration of Nginx

In order to utilize PsiTransfer with Nginx as our web server, we need to create a virtual host.

Create a new file using the following command:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/psitransfer.conf

Now, copy and paste the following configuration:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name psitransfer.your-domain.tld;

    location / {
        root /path/to/psitransfer/;
        index index.php;
        try_files $uri $uri/ @psitransfer;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /path/to/psitransfer/$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

    location @psitransfer {
        try_files /index.php =404;
    }
}

• Replace psitransfer.your-domain.tld with your own domain name.
• Replace /path/to/psitransfer/ with your path to the PsiTransfer directory.

Save and close the file. Then, restart Nginx with this command:

sudo service nginx restart

Configure SQLite

We will now configure the SQLite database for PsiTransfer. In the PsiTransfer directory, execute these commands:

cp config.example.php config.php
chmod 664 config.php
chown -R nginx:nginx /path/to/psitransfer/

• Replace /path/to/psitransfer/ with your path to the PsiTransfer directory.

Install Composer

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. We will need it to install the dependencies required by PsiTransfer. To install Composer, run these commands:

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
composer install --no-dev

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have now successfully installed PsiTransfer on Void Linux. You can access PsiTransfer by visiting the URL: http://psitransfer.your-domain.tld. Keep in mind that you need to replace psitransfer.your-domain.tld with your own domain name that you have configured in Nginx.

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