Installing Miniserve on POP! OS Latest

Miniserve is a small, self-contained application written in Rust that allows file sharing over HTTP without cumbersome installations or setups. Here are the steps to install Miniserve on the latest version of POP! OS.

Prerequisites

  • POP! OS Latest version
  • Terminal

Steps

  1. Open Terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T or searching for it in the applications.

  2. Update the package list and existing software with the command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
  1. Install the required dependencies to build Rust programs using the command:
sudo apt install build-essential curl file git
  1. Install Rust in POP! OS by running this command:
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

  1. Follow the installation prompts to complete the installation of Rust.

  2. Clone the Miniserve repository by running this command:

git clone https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve.git

  1. Navigate to the Miniserve directory with cd miniserve.

  2. You can now compile and install Miniserve by running:

cargo install --path .

  1. The installation process will start and may take several minutes to complete.

  2. Upon successful installation, you can now run the miniserve command in your terminal and start sharing your files.

miniserve /path/to/directory

Now, you can share files easily over HTTP in POP! OS with Miniserve.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Miniserve on POP! OS Latest.