How to install Geo2tz on Arch Linux

Geo2tz is a Python script for converting geographic coordinates to time zones. Here are the steps to install it on Arch Linux using the command line:

1. Open Terminal:

   You can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + T or find it in the menu under System Tools → Terminal.

2. Install Python 3 and Pip:

   Geo2tz requires Python 3 to run. To install Python, run:

   sudo pacman -S python
   

   To install Pip, which is the package installer for Python, run:

   sudo pacman -S python-pip
   

3. Install Geo2tz:

   You can download the Geo2tz package from its GitHub repository:

   git clone https://github.com/noandrea/geo2tz.git
   

4. Move to the Geo2tz directory:

   cd geo2tz
   

5. Install dependencies:

   Geo2tz requires the tzwhere and pytz Python libraries.

   pip install tzwhere pytz
   

6. Run Geo2tz:

   Geo2tz is a command-line tool. To use it, run the following command:

   python geo2tz.py <latitude> <longitude>
   

   Replace <latitude> and <longitude> with the actual latitude and longitude values for the location you want to convert.

   For example, to get the time zone for San Francisco, California, you would run:

   python geo2tz.py 37.7749 -122.4194
   

   The output will be the time zone identifier for the specified location, such as "America/Los_Angeles".

Congratulations, you have successfully installed and used Geo2tz on Arch Linux!

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