How to Install Short{Paste} on Manjaro from GitHub

Short{Paste} is a simple and powerful URL shortener that allows you to create custom short URLs for your website. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Short{Paste} on your Manjaro system from the GitHub repository.

Prerequisites

• Manjaro installed on your system
• Access to the terminal application

Step 1: Install required dependencies

Before we begin, you need to make sure that all the required dependencies are installed. You can install them by running the following commands in your terminal:

sudo pacman -S git
sudo pacman -S php
sudo pacman -S composer
sudo pacman -S mariadb
sudo pacman -S nginx

Step 2: Clone the GitHub repository

Now that we have installed all the required dependencies, we can proceed with cloning the Short{Paste} repository from GitHub. To do that, run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/adyanth/shortpaste.git

Step 3: Install dependencies with Composer

After cloning the repository, move to the shortpaste directory and install the required dependencies using Composer. You can do that by running the following commands:

cd shortpaste
composer install

Step 4: Create a database

Now, we need to create a database for Short{Paste} to store the data. To do that, log in to the MySQL/MariaDB server using the mysql command and execute the following SQL commands:

CREATE DATABASE shortpaste;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON shortpaste.* TO 'shortpaste'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Remember to replace password with a strong password of your choice.

Step 5: Configure the Nginx server

Next, we need to configure the Nginx server to serve Short{Paste} properly. To do that, create a new file called shortpaste in the /etc/nginx/sites-available directory using the following command:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/shortpaste

Inside the file, paste the following configuration:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name yourdomain.com; # Replace yourdomain.com with your domain name
    root /path/to/shortpaste/public;
    index index.php;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include fastcgi.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
    }
}

Don't forget to replace yourdomain.com and /path/to/shortpaste/public with your actual domain name and project path.

Save the file (Ctrl + X, Y, Enter) and exit the editor.

Next, enable the site by creating a symbolic link to the /etc/nginx/sites-enabled directory:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/shortpaste /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Finally, restart the Nginx server to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 6: Set up the configuration file

The last step is to set up the Short{Paste} configuration file. To do that, create a new file called .env in the project's root directory using the following command:

nano .env

Inside the file, paste the following content:

APP_NAME=ShortPaste
APP_ENV=production
APP_KEY=base64:N9Om9Jl3qJM3KjDHvMTXP/oLUIn44fO5JjKmR5v5r5o=
APP_DEBUG=false

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=shortpaste
DB_USERNAME=shortpaste
DB_PASSWORD=password

CACHE_DRIVER=redis
SESSION_DRIVER=redis
QUEUE_DRIVER=redis

REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
REDIS_PASSWORD=null
REDIS_PORT=6379

Remember to replace password with the password you specified in Step 4.

Save the file and exit the editor.

Step 7: Run the migrations

The last thing we need to do before using Short{Paste} is to run the migrations. This will create the necessary tables in the database. To do that, run the following command:

php artisan migrate --seed

You should see a message that says "Migration completed successfully".

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Short{Paste} on your Manjaro system from the GitHub repository. You can now start using it as a URL shortener.