This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing ntfy, a tool that sends desktop notifications when a long-running command finishes executing, on Alpine Linux.
Before proceeding, ensure that you have a basic understanding of the following:
To ensure that we have the latest version of packages in the Alpine Linux package repository, we need to update the package index by running the following command:
sudo apk update
ntfy is built on Python 3, therefore, we need to install Python 3 by running the following command:
sudo apk add python3
pip is a package manager for Python packages. Install pip by running the following command:
sudo apk add py3-pip
Now that we have Python 3 and pip installed, we can install ntfy by running the following command:
sudo pip3 install ntfy
To verify that ntfy has been installed correctly, run the command:
ntfy send "Hello, ntfy!"
This should prompt a desktop notification.
In this tutorial, we have successfully installed ntfy on Alpine Linux. You can now use this tool to receive desktop notifications for long-running commands.
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