Surfer is a virtual workspace that allows you to connect to your applications and data from anywhere while keeping them secure and centralized. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps required to install Surfer on Arch Linux.
Before we begin with the installation process, please make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
Before installing Surfer, you need to install the following dependencies that it needs to run:
sudo pacman -S curl dbus networkmanager
The above command will install curl, dbus, and networkmanager on your system.
You can download Surfer by using the following command:
sudo curl -L https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/surfer/-/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/surfer.tar.gz?job=build | sudo tar xzv
This command will download and extract the Surfer package.
Once you have downloaded Surfer, you can install it by running the following command:
sudo mv surfer /usr/local/bin/surfer && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/surfer
This command will move the Surfer binary file to the /usr/local/bin directory and make it executable.
Once you have installed Surfer, you can start it by running the following command:
sudo surfer start
This command will start the Surfer service. You can now use Surfer to access your applications and data.
You can set up Surfer as a systemd service by creating a new file called surfer.service in the /etc/systemd/system directory. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/surfer.service
Once the file opens in the nano text editor, paste the following content:
[Unit]
Description=Surfer Virtual Workspace
[Service]
Environment=DISPLAY=:0
User=root
Group=root
WorkingDirectory=/root
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/surfer start
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl+X, followed by Y and Enter.
Now reload the systemd daemon by running the following command:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
You can start the Surfer service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start surfer
To enable the Surfer service to start automatically during system boot, run the following command:
sudo systemctl enable surfer
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Surfer on Arch Linux. You can now use Surfer to access your applications and data securely from anywhere. If you face any issues during the installation process, please feel free to reach out to us.
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