MicroBin is a small tool that allows quickly creating a temporary bin to store and share files. In this tutorial, we will guide you step-by-step on how to install MicroBin on macOS.
Before you get started, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your macOS system:
MicroBin is written in Rust programming language. Therefore, before installing MicroBin, you need to install Rust on your system.
To install Rust, you can run the following command in your terminal:
$ curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
This command will download and run a shell script that will install Rust and its package manager Cargo.
MicroBin uses OpenSSL to encrypt and decrypt files. Therefore, you need to install OpenSSL on your system.
To install OpenSSL, you can run the following command in your terminal:
$ brew install openssl
Now that you have installed Rust and OpenSSL, you can install MicroBin.
First, you need to clone the MicroBin repository:
$ git clone https://github.com/szabodanika/microbin.git
Then, navigate to the MicroBin directory:
$ cd microbin
Next, you need to build MicroBin using Cargo:
$ cargo build --release
This command will create a binary executable file named microbin in the target/release directory.
Finally, you need to copy the microbin executable file to the /usr/local/bin directory:
$ sudo cp target/release/microbin /usr/local/bin
To verify that MicroBin has been installed successfully, run the following command:
$ microbin --version
This command will display the version of MicroBin installed on your system.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed MicroBin on your macOS system. Now, you can use MicroBin to create temporary bins to store and share files.
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