How to Install Snipt on Windows 10

Snipt is a code snippet manager tool that helps you organize and manage your frequently used code snippets. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Snipt on a Windows 10 system.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

Steps

Follow these steps to install Snipt on Windows 10:

  1. Open the Command Prompt or Windows PowerShell in administrator mode.

  2. Clone the Snipt repository to your local system using Git, by entering the following command into your terminal:

    git clone https://github.com/nicksergeant/snipt
    
  3. Move to the downloaded Snipt repository directory using the following command:

    cd snipt
    
  4. Install the required Python dependencies for Snipt using Pip, by entering the following command in the terminal:

    pip install -r requirements.txt
    
  5. Create a database file for Snipt using the following command in the terminal:

    python manage.py migrate
    
  6. Create a superuser account for your Snipt installation, which will give you access to the admin dashboard. You can create a superuser account by entering the following command and following the prompts:

    python manage.py createsuperuser
    
  7. Run the Snipt server using the following command:

    python manage.py runserver
    
  8. Open your web browser and navigate to the URL http://localhost:8000. You should see the Snipt homepage, where you can log in using your newly created superuser account.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Snipt on your Windows 10 system. Now you can organize and manage your code snippets using Snipt.

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