How to install Blog on Void Linux

Blog is a static site generator built in Python. Here is a tutorial for installing it on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, you need to ensure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

  • Python3
  • Git
  • pip3

You can install these packages as follows:

sudo xbps-install python3 git python3-pip

Installation

Follow the steps below to install Blog on Void Linux:

  1. Clone the Blog repository from GitHub:

    git clone https://github.com/m1k1o/blog.git

  2. Navigate to the Blog directory that you just cloned:

    cd blog

  3. Install the required Python modules using pip:

    sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt

  4. Generate your static site:

    ./blog.py build

  5. Your site files will be generated in the output/ directory.

Usage

You can now use Blog to create and generate your own static site. Here are the basic commands to get you started:

  • ./blog.py build builds your site and creates the output files in the output/ directory.
  • ./blog.py serve generates your site and starts a local web server at http://localhost:8080/ to preview your site.
  • ./blog.py new creates a new post in the content/ directory with the current time and date as the filename.

Conclusion

That's it! With these simple steps, you can now install and use Blog on your Void Linux system. You can now start using Blog to create and manage your own static site.