Tutorial: How to Install Buku on Arch Linux

Buku is a powerful command-line bookmark manager that allows you to store, organize and quickly access your bookmarks from your terminal. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Buku on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that you have the following:

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

Before installing Buku, we need to ensure that our system is up to date and that we have all the necessary dependencies installed. To do this, we will update the package list and install the required dependencies by running the following command in the terminal:

sudo pacman -Syu python python-pip python-setuptools

Step 2: Install Buku

Now that we have installed the dependencies, we can proceed to install Buku. We can install Buku from the official Arch Linux repository by running the following command in the terminal:

sudo pacman -S buku

Alternatively, we can also install Buku from the source available on GitHub by following these steps:

  1. Clone the Buku repository from GitHub:

    git clone https://github.com/jarun/Buku.git
    
  2. Change into the Buku directory:

    cd Buku
    
  3. Install Buku using the Python package installer:

    sudo python setup.py install
    

Step 3: Verify the Installation

To verify that Buku has been installed correctly, run the following command in the terminal:

buku --version

This should output the version number of Buku, which confirms that it has been installed correctly.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Buku on Arch Linux. By following the steps above, you can now easily manage your bookmarks from your terminal using Buku.

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