Installing Prologic Pastebin on Void Linux

Prologic Pastebin is a web application for sharing text and code snippets easily with others. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Prologic Pastebin on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before getting started with the installation process, ensure that your system has the following prerequisites:

Step-by-step installation guide

To install Prologic Pastebin on Void Linux, follow the steps below:

Step 1: Install Ruby and Rubygems

Prologic Pastebin is built using Ruby programming language. Therefore, we need to install Ruby as a prerequisite to install Prologic Pastebin.

To install Ruby and RubyGems, run the following command in your terminal:

sudo xbps-install -S ruby rubygems

Step 2: Clone the Prologic Pastebin repository

Now, let's clone the Prologic Pastebin git repository by running the following command:

git clone https://git.mills.io/prologic/pastebin.git

Step 3: Install the needed gems

Prologic Pastebin depends on some gems for its functionality. To install the necessary gems, navigate to the cloned repository directory and run:

cd pastebin
bundle install

Step 4: Configure Prologic Pastebin

The configuration file for Prologic Pastebin is located at the config.yaml file in the cloned repository's directory. Open this file in a text editor and adjust settings according to your liking.

For example, you may want to change the base_url to the server's IP address or domain name, set max_file_size as per your requirement, etc.

Step 5: Run Prologic Pastebin

Finally, let's start the Prologic Pastebin's app by running the following command:

./pastebin -c config.yaml

You can access Prologic Pastebin by opening your favorite web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8000/.

Alternatively, you may want to use Nginx or other web servers as a reverse proxy to access the application.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have demonstrated how to install Prologic Pastebin on Void Linux. We hope this guide has helped you complete the installation process successfully. Enjoy sharing your text and code snippets with others using Prologic Pastebin!

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