Installing MicroBin on Void Linux

MicroBin is a minimalist pastebin server written in Go. If you want to use this software on your Void Linux installation, follow these simple steps:

Prerequisites

Before you can start, make sure that you have the following packages installed on your system:

• git
• go
• gcc
• musl-dev

You can install them using the following command:

sudo xbps-install -y git go gcc musl-dev

Clone the repository

You need to clone the MicroBin repository from GitHub to your local machine. You can do this by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/szabodanika/microbin.git

This will create a new directory called microbin in your current working directory.

Build the application

After cloning the repository, go to the microbin directory and build the application. You can do this by running the following command:

cd microbin
go build

This will compile the source code and create a binary file called microbin.

Configure the application

Before you can start using MicroBin, you need to configure it. You can create a configuration file named config.toml in the microbin directory. You can use the following template:

[server]
listen = ":8080"
[database]
name = "microbin"

This configuration file tells MicroBin to listen on port 8080 and use a database called microbin. You can customize these settings according to your needs.

Run the application

Once you have configured MicroBin, you can start the application by running the following command:

./microbin

This will start the MicroBin server. You can then access the web interface in your browser by navigating to http://localhost:8080.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install and configure MicroBin on Void Linux. You can use this minimalist pastebin server to store and share your code snippets or any other text data.