How to install golinks on Ubuntu Server Latest

Golinks is a simple URL shortener that allows you to replace long URLs with easy-to-remember shortcuts. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps of installing golinks on an Ubuntu Server. The installation process is straightforward.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed, ensure that your Ubuntu Server is up-to-date.

Run the command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

This will update your system's package lists and upgrade any existing packages.

Install Go

Next, we need to ensure that Go is installed on our system.

  1. Download the latest version of Go:
wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.17.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
  1. Extract the downloaded package to the /usr/local directory:
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.17.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
  1. Configure the Go environment by adding the following lines to the end of the ~/.bashrc file:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
  1. Finally, reload .bashrc by running:
source ~/.bashrc

Install golinks

Now that we have Go installed, we can proceed to install golinks.

  1. Clone the golinks repository:
git clone https://git.mills.io/prologic/golinks.git
  1. Change into the golinks directory:
cd golinks
  1. Build the golinks binary:
go build -o golinks .
  1. Move the golinks binary to the /usr/bin directory:
sudo mv golinks /usr/bin

Configuring golinks

By default, golinks stores its links in a file called links.json. You can configure the path to the links.json file by setting the GOLINKS_DB environment variable. Additionally, you can change the port on which golinks listens by setting the GOLINKS_PORT environment variable.

For example:

export GOLINKS_DB=/path/to/custom/links.json
export GOLINKS_PORT=8080

You can add these lines to your ~/.bashrc file.

Starting golinks

You can now start golinks by running:

golinks

This will start golinks on the default port (8000).

Conclusion

You have now installed golinks on your Ubuntu Server. You can now use it to create shortcuts for long URLs.