ActivityWatch is an open-source software that monitors your computer usage and generates reports on your activity. It is a great tool for tracking your productivity and time management. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install ActivityWatch on Arch Linux.
Before we start, make sure your system is up to date by running the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
To install ActivityWatch, follow these steps:
First, we need to add the ActivityWatch repository to Arch Linux. To do this, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S git
Next, clone the ActivityWatch Git repository by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch.git
Navigate to the cloned repository by running the following command:
cd activitywatch
Run the following command to install the dependencies:
sudo pacman -S python-pip
pip install -r requirements.txt
Finally, install ActivityWatch using the following command:
python setup.py install
Once you have installed ActivityWatch, you can start it using the following command:
activitywatch start
To generate a report on your computer usage, run the following command:
activitywatch generate-report
You can find the generated report in the ~/.local/share/activitywatch/reports directory.
ActivityWatch is a powerful tool for monitoring your computer usage and improving your productivity. Following the steps above, you should now have a working installation of ActivityWatch on your Arch Linux machine.
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