F-Droid is a popular open-source app store for Android devices. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install F-Droid on Arch Linux.
Before we start with the installation process, make sure you have the following items:
As a best practice, we should always update our system to the latest version. Therefore, we should update the system before installing any new packages.
To update the system, execute the following command in the terminal:
sudo pacman -Syu
Type y to confirm the update process.
F-Droid can be installed from the official repositories of Arch Linux. Therefore, we can easily install it using the pacman package manager.
To install F-Droid, execute the following command:
sudo pacman -S fdroidserver
Type y to confirm the installation process.
Once the installation process is completed, we can verify that F-Droid is successfully installed.
To verify the installation, execute the following command:
fdroid --version
If the installation is successful, you will see the version number of F-Droid in the output.
Before we can use F-Droid, we must generate a keystore for signing packages.
To generate a keystore, execute the following command:
cd ~
fdroid init
Follow the instructions provided in the terminal to generate a keystore.
To start F-Droid, execute the following command:
fdroid server
This will start the F-Droid server on your local system. You can access the F-Droid web interface by opening your browser and navigating to http://localhost:8080/.
That’s it! You have successfully installed F-Droid on Arch Linux. With F-Droid, you can now install open-source apps on your Android device.
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