Installing liteshort on macOS

liteshort is a free and open-source URL shortener that can easily be installed on macOS. Here's how to do it:

Prerequisites

Before installing liteshort, you must have the following installed on your system:

• Git
• Go programming language

Installation steps

1. Open Terminal on your macOS system.

2. Clone the liteshort repository from the source to your local machine using the following command:

   git clone https://git.ikl.sh/132ikl/liteshort
   

3. Navigate to the directory where you cloned the repository:

   cd /path/to/liteshort
   

4. Build the liteshort binary using the following command:

   go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o liteshort cmd/liteshort/main.go
   

5. Run the liteshort binary using the following command:

   ./liteshort
   

6. By default, liteshort listens on port 8080. You can now access liteshort in your web browser by navigating to http://localhost:8080.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed liteshort on your macOS system.

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