How to Install filite on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Filite is a simple CLI utility to manage encrypted files. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps for installing filite on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding, ensure that you have the following:

• A running instance of Fedora CoreOS Latest
• A user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Dependencies

First, we need to install some dependencies required by filite. These include make, gcc and openssl. Run the following command to install them:

sudo dnf install make gcc openssl

Step 2: Clone the filite Repository

Next, we will clone the filite repository from Github using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/raftario/filite.git

Step 3: Build filite

In the next step, navigate to the cloned 'filite' directory and run the command below to build filite:

make

Step 4: Install filite

After the build process completes, we can proceed to install filite by running the following command:

sudo make install

Step 5: Verify Installation

Finally, we can verify the installation is successful by running the following command to check the version of filite:

filite -v

The output should show the version number if the installation was successful.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have installed filite on Fedora CoreOS Latest by following the steps above. You can now use filite to manage encrypted files on your system.