Screensy is a screen capturing and image sharing application that allows users to take screenshots and share them instantly. This guide will walk you through the steps to install Screensy on Clear Linux Latest using the terminal.
Follow these steps:
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system used for source code management. To install Git on Clear Linux Latest, open a terminal and type the following command:
$ sudo swupd bundle-add git
Now that Git is installed, you can clone the Screensy repository. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where you want to clone the repository. For example:
$ cd ~/Downloads/
Next, clone the repository by entering the following command:
$ git clone https://github.com/screensy/screensy.git
This will create a new directory named "screensy" in the current directory with all the Screensy source code.
Before you can build and install Screensy, you need to install its dependencies. Open a terminal and enter the following commands:
$ sudo swupd bundle-add go basic-dev
$ sudo swupd bundle-add gtk3
$ sudo swupd bundle-add appstream-glib
$ sudo swupd bundle-add glib-networking
$ sudo swupd bundle-add libnotify
$ sudo swupd bundle-add libcanberra
Now that you have the source code and dependencies in place, it's time to build and install Screensy. Open a terminal and navigate to the Screensy directory by entering the following command:
$ cd ~/Downloads/screensy/
Next, run the following commands:
$ make build
$ sudo make install
This will compile and install Screensy on Clear Linux Latest.
Once Screensy is installed, you can run it by entering the following command in a terminal:
$ screensy
This will launch Screensy and you can start taking screenshots and sharing them instantly.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Screensy on Clear Linux Latest.
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