How to Install Betanin on Elementary OS Latest?

If you are looking to install Betanin, a client for the BitTorrent Sync protocol, on your Elementary OS Latest system, you can follow the steps below.

Step 1: Install Git

Before we proceed with the installation of Betanin, we need to make sure that Git is installed on our system. You can install Git by running the following command on your terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git

Step 2: Download the Betanin Source Code

Once Git is installed, the next step is to download the Betanin source code from its GitHub repository. You can do this by running the following command on your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/sentriz/betanin.git

This will download the Betanin source code to your system.

Step 3: Install the Required Dependencies

Before we can build and install Betanin, we need to install the required dependencies. You can do this by running the following command on your terminal:

sudo apt-get install build-essential libboost-all-dev libssl-dev libminiupnpc-dev

Step 4: Build and Install Betanin

Now that we have downloaded the source code and installed the required dependencies, we can build and install Betanin on our system. You can do this by navigating to the Betanin directory and running the following commands on your terminal:

cd betanin
make
sudo make install

Step 5: Run Betanin

Once Betanin is installed, you can run it by executing the following command on your terminal:

betanin

This will start the Betanin client, and you should now be able to sync your files using the BitTorrent Sync protocol.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Betanin on your Elementary OS Latest system!

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