How to Install Goshorly on macOS

Goshorly is a lightweight URL shortener written in Go. This guide will walk you through the steps of installing Goshorly on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure that you have the following installed on your macOS:

You can install Go by downloading it from the official website at https://golang.org/dl/. Git should be pre-installed on macOS.

To install Goshorly, you need to clone the Goshorly repository. Open your terminal and run the following command to clone the repository:

$ git clone https://gitea.hackmi.ch/Phil/goshorly.git

This will clone the Goshorly repository into your current working directory.

After cloning the repository, you need to install dependencies. Run the following command to install the dependencies:

$ go get -d ./...

The above command will download and install all the dependencies required by Goshorly.

Once the dependencies are downloaded, run the following command to build Goshorly:

$ go build -o goshorly

This will generate an executable binary file named "goshorly" in your current working directory.

Finally, to run Goshorly, run the following command:

$ ./goshorly

This will start the Goshorly server, and it should be accessible at http://localhost:8080.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Goshorly on your macOS.