How to Install Wastebin on macOS

Wastebin is an open-source, self-hosted alternative to services like Pastebin. Here's how to install it on macOS.

Step 1: Install Homebrew

Homebrew is a package manager that makes it easy to install command-line tools on your Mac. You can install it by running this command in your Terminal:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Step 2: Install Required Dependencies

Wastebin requires Node.js, Redis, and Git to run. You can install them using Homebrew. Open your Terminal and run these commands:

brew install node
brew install redis
brew install git

Step 3: Clone Wastebin from GitHub

Now that you have installed the required dependencies, you need to download Wastebin. Open your Terminal and navigate to the directory where you want to store Wastebin. Then, run this command:

git clone https://github.com/matze/wastebin.git

This command will download the Wastebin source code from GitHub.

Step 4: Install Wastebin

Once you have downloaded the source code, navigate to the Wastebin folder in your Terminal:

cd wastebin

Now, you need to install the dependencies required by Wastebin. Run this command to do that:

npm install

This command will download all the required packages.

Step 5: Start Wastebin

To start Wastebin, you need to start Redis and then start the server. In your Terminal, run these commands:

redis-server
npm start

This will start the Redis server and then start Wastebin. You can access Wastebin in your web browser by going to http://localhost:3000.

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed Wastebin on your Mac. You can now use it to share code snippets and text files.