MissionKontrol is a tool that helps you organize your windows and workspaces on macOS. Fortunately, MissionKontrol is also available for Linux users. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of MissionKontrol on Elementary OS Latest.
First, you need to visit the MissionKontrol website at https://www.missionkontrol.io and click on the "Download" button.
This will download the MissionKontrol package in a .tar.gz
format.
Next, you need to extract the MissionKontrol package you just downloaded. Open Terminal and navigate to the directory where the package was downloaded.
cd Downloads/
Then, extract the package using the following command:
tar -xf MissionKontrol-<version>.tar.gz
Replace <version>
with the version number of the package you downloaded. For example:
tar -xf MissionKontrol-1.0.0.tar.gz
Before we can install MissionKontrol, we need to make sure all the required dependencies are installed. In Terminal, enter the following command:
sudo apt install -y libgconf-2-4
This will install the required libgconf-2-4
package.
To install MissionKontrol, navigate to the directory where you extracted the MissionKontrol package in Terminal:
cd MissionKontrol-<version>
Replace <version>
with the version number of the package you downloaded. For example:
cd MissionKontrol-1.0.0
Then, run the following command to install MissionKontrol:
sudo ./install.sh
This will install MissionKontrol on your system.
Finally, you can launch MissionKontrol by searching for it in the Applications launcher or by running the following command in Terminal:
MissionKontrol
This will launch the MissionKontrol application, and you can start organizing your windows and workspaces.
Congratulations! You have now successfully installed MissionKontrol on Elementary OS Latest.
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