Espial is a simple command-line tool for web browsing developed in Rust. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Espial on Arch Linux.
To install Espial, we need to first install Rust. Open the terminal emulator and execute the following command to install Rust:
sudo pacman -S rustup
Follow the prompts and complete the installation of Rust. After the installation is complete, Rust will be available on the system.
We also need to install Git to clone the Espial repository. Execute the following command to install Git:
sudo pacman -S git
The system will prompt you to complete the installation of Git.
Now we need to clone the Espial repository from GitHub. Run the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/jonschoning/espial.git
Change the working directory to the cloned Espial folder:
cd espial
Next, build the Espial binary:
cargo build --release
The above command will take some time to complete as it will download all the dependencies and build the binary. After the build is complete, the Espial binary will be available at target/release/espial.
To use Espial from the terminal, we need to add the target/release/ folder to the system's PATH. Execute the following command to add the path:
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/espial/target/release
Replace /path/to/espial with the actual path of the Espial folder.
Finally, we can run Espial using the following command:
espial
Espial will launch and we can start browsing the web from the terminal. Use the :help command to see a list of available commands within Espial.
That's it! We have successfully installed Espial on Arch Linux.
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