abhisheknishantpuresoftware / ipfs-snap

IPFS packaged as a snap

ipfs-snap

IPFS is the Distributed Web, and this is its snap package.

Install

To install the latest stable release:

$ sudo snap install ipfs

To help testing the upcoming release:

$ sudo snap install ipfs --edge

Note that this is an edge release, so it's available there only for brave early adopters that would like to help testing it.

Build

In Ubuntu 16.04 or newer

Install snapcraft:

$ sudo apt install snapcraft

Clone the repo:

$ sudo apt install git
$ git clone https://github.com/elopio/ipfs-snap
$ cd ipfs-snap

Build the snap:

$ snapcraft

Install it:

$ sudo snap install ipfs*.snap --dangerous

In archlinux

Install docker:

$ sudo pacman -S docker
$ sudo systemctl start docker
$ sudo gpasswd -a $USER docker
$ newgrp docker

Clone the repo:

$ sudo packman -S git
$ git clone https://github.com/elopio/ipfs-snap
$ cd ipfs-snap

Build the snap in a docker container:

$ docker run -v $(pwd):/cwd snapcore/snapcraft sh -c 'apt install software-properties-common wget -y && add-apt-repository -y ppa:gophers/archive && apt update && cd /cwd && snapcraft

Install snapd:

$ sudo pacman -S snapd
$ sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket

Install the built snap:

$ sudo snap install ipfs*.snap --dangerous

Try

$ /snap/bin/ipfs init