F-Droid is a popular third-party app store for Android devices that allows you to download free and open-source software. You can also install F-Droid on your Linux-based system like Elementary OS, which can give users many benefits, including easy access to open-source apps.
In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install F-Droid on Elementary OS.
Before moving forward, make sure your system is updated to the latest version, and you have sudo access to install new packages.
First, open the terminal by pressing the Ctrl+Alt+T keys, and type the following command to add the F-Droid repository:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:guardianproject/ppa
After that, enter your sudo password to proceed.
Now, update the system package list by executing the following command:
sudo apt update
Finally, install F-Droid by running the following command:
sudo apt install fdroidserver
Press y to confirm the installation.
Once the installation is complete, you need to configure F-Droid by setting up the required directories. To do that, use the following command:
fdroid init
After configuration, the next step is to synchronize the package list from the F-Droid server. This command will download the package information to your local system.
fdroid update
You can use F-Droid as a web server if you want to access it over the network. To do that, run the following command:
fdroid server
By default, the server will be available at http://localhost:8080/ on your local system.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install F-Droid on your Elementary OS system. Now, you can easily access the open-source apps that are not available on the official app store.
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