Asciinema is an open-source tool used for recording and sharing terminal sessions. It is a powerful and user-friendly command-line application that allows you to create and share high-quality recordings of terminal sessions easily. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Asciinema on Elementary OS.
Before you start the installation process, make sure that you have the following requirements:
Follow the steps below to install Asciinema on Elementary OS Latest:
Open the terminal emulator on your Elementary OS system.
Type the following commands to install the dependencies needed for Asciinema:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev git
After installing the dependencies, use the following command to install Asciinema:
$ sudo pip install asciinema
Finally, verify that Asciinema has been installed successfully by running the following command:
$ asciinema --version
If this command displays the version number of Asciinema, then the installation process was successful.
If you want to use Asciinema to record and share your terminal sessions, you will also need to set up the Asciinema server. To do that, follow these steps:
Clone the Asciinema server repository from Github:
$ git clone https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema-server.git
Install the necessary dependencies to run the server:
$ cd asciinema-server/
$ sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
If you want to run the server locally, use the following command:
$ ./bin/run
The server will run on http://localhost:8000/ by default.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed and set up Asciinema on your Elementary OS Latest system! You can now use Asciinema to record and share your terminal sessions with ease.
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