How to Install Rustypaste on macOS

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Rustypaste, a command-line based pastebin utility, on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before you proceed with the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• macOS running on your system
• Rust programming language installed
• Git installed

Installing Rustypaste

To install Rustypaste on macOS, follow these steps:

1. Open the Terminal app on your macOS system.

2. Clone the Rustypaste repository from Github by running the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/orhun/rustypaste.git
   

3. Navigate to the rustypaste directory by running the following command:

   cd rustypaste
   

4. Build the Rustypaste binary by running the following command:

   cargo build --release
   

5. Rustypaste binary will be built at the following path:

   target/release/rustypaste
   

6. Copy the Rustypaste binary to the /usr/local/bin directory by running the following command:

   sudo cp target/release/rustypaste /usr/local/bin/
   

7. Verify the installation by running the following command:

   rustypaste --help
   

   If Rustypaste is installed correctly, you will see the help section of Rustypaste.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Rustypaste on macOS by following simple steps. Rustypaste is now ready to use, and you can create pastes from the command line with ease.

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