F-Droid is an app store for open-source Android software. It allows users to search and install free and open-source apps. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing F-Droid on the latest version of EndeavourOS.
Open the terminal and type the following command:
sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf
This will open the pacman.conf file in the terminal.
Now, add the following lines at the end of the file and save it.
[f-droid]
Server = https://f-droid.org/repo/
Run the following command to update the pacman package database:
sudo pacman -Sy
Run the following command to install F-Droid.
sudo pacman -S fdroidserver
Run the following command to create a directory for F-Droid.
sudo mkdir /srv/fdroid
Run the following command to initialize the F-Droid repository.
sudo fdroid init
Run the following command to create an F-Droid user.
sudo useradd -m fdroid
Run the following commands to change the ownership of the F-Droid directory to the F-Droid user.
sudo chown fdroid /srv/fdroid
sudo chmod 755 /srv/fdroid
Open the terminal and run the following command to download the F-Droid client apk.
wget https://f-droid.org/FDroid.apk
Run the following command to install F-Droid client.
adb install FDroid.apk
Open F-Droid App and verify that the F-Droid app repository is available.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed F-Droid repository and client on your EndeavourOS system. You can now search and install your favourite free and open-source android apps using F-Droid.
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