How to Install Paste on macOS

Paste is a PHP pastebin tool that allows you to easily share code snippets and other text files with others. If you're a developer or someone who frequently works with code, having a reliable pastebin tool like Paste can be extremely useful. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps to install Paste on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before getting started with the installation process, you'll need to make sure that your system meets the following prerequisites:

  • macOS (version 10.9 or higher)
  • PHP (version 7.2 or higher)
  • Git

Step 1: Install Composer

Paste requires Composer to manage dependencies. If you haven't already installed Composer, you can do so by following these steps:

  1. Open Terminal.
  2. Run the following command:
php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
  1. Run the following command to verify the installer SHA-384:
php -r "if (hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php') === 'a5c698ffe4b8e849a443b120cd5ba38043260d5c4023dbf93e1558871f1f07f58274fc6f4c8e2ea6237adf2d susceptibility') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;"
  1. Run the following command to install Composer:
sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
  1. Verify that Composer is installed by running the following command:
composer --version

Step 2: Install Paste

Once you've installed Composer, you can install Paste by following these steps:

  1. Open Terminal.
  2. Navigate to the directory where you want to install Paste. For example:
cd ~/Documents
  1. Clone the Paste repository by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/jordansamuel/Paste.git
  1. Navigate to the newly cloned Paste directory:
cd Paste
  1. Install the required dependencies by running the following command:
composer install
  1. Copy the config.default.php file to config.php:
cp config.default.php config.php
  1. Open config.php in your preferred text editor and configure the settings as desired.
  2. Start the Paste web server by running the following command:
php -S localhost:8080
  1. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080 to view your newly installed Paste installation.

Congratulations, you've successfully installed Paste on your macOS system! Now you can start sharing code snippets and other text files with others using this easy-to-use pastebin tool.