Step-by-step – Airpaste Sharing and Streaming Ubuntu 18.04 Guide

GNU/Linux Ubuntu 18.04 Airpaste File Sharing and Streaming – QuickStart Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Stared with Airpaste Easy File/Content Sharing and Streaming from Command Line on GNU/Linux Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic LTS Generic Local Network.

Airpaste for Ubuntu Bionic is a 1-1 Network Pipe that Auto Discovers other Peers using mdns.

Finally, Airpast is a Cross Platform Sharing Tool so that you can freely Sharing between Linux, Windows and macOS Computers.

Because it’s enough that all the Sharing Machines on Network have Installed by NPM a Running Airpaste Copy.

1. 1. Launching Terminal

   Open a Shell Terminal Emulator Session
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   
   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
   

2. 2. Installing NodeJs

   How to Install the Latest Node.js on Ubuntu GNU/Linux

   Installing Node.js on Ubuntu

   Setup Node.js on Ubuntu

3. 3. Installing Airpaste

   Installing Airpaste by npm
   Simply play:

   sudo npm -g install airpaste

   Or else try:

   npm install airpaste

   Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.

4. 4. Sharing Content

   To Sharing Files on Network by Airpaste.

   On the Sending computer do:

   airpaste < my.file

   On the Receiving terminal run:

   airpaste > my.file

   To Sharing & Streaming Content on the Pipe.
   Since Airpaste just outputs to stdout you can also do stuff like piping Movies/Music to Mplayer and any other that support streaming to stdin:

   • Sharing Text Content.

     Sending:

     echo hello world | airpaste

     Receiving:

     airpaste

     Optionally to Filter Receivers you can also Name the Pipe as an airpaste Argument like “airpaste myPipe.”

   • Streaming Media File.

     Sending:

     airpaste < movie.mp4

     Streaming:

     airpaste | mplayer -