Installing Golinks on EndeavourOS Latest

Golinks is a tool that allows you to create custom shortcuts to web URLs, commands, or files. This tutorial will show you how to install Golinks on EndeavourOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you will need to have the following:

• EndeavourOS Latest installed on your system
• Internet connection
• Basic knowledge of the terminal

Step 1: Install Python

Golinks is written in Python, so we need to ensure that Python is installed on our system. To check if Python is installed, open the terminal and type:

python --version

If Python is not installed, you can install it by typing the following command:

sudo pacman -S python

Step 2: Install Golang

Golinks is written in the Go programming language, so we need to install Golang on our system. To install Golang, open the terminal and type:

sudo pacman -S go

Step 3: Install Git

Golinks is hosted on Git, so we need to install Git to be able to clone the repository. To install Git, open the terminal and type:

sudo pacman -S git

Step 4: Clone the Golinks Repository

Now that we have all the prerequisites, we can clone the Golinks repository by executing the following command in the terminal:

git clone https://git.mills.io/prologic/golinks.git

This will create a new directory named "golinks" in your current directory.

Step 5: Install dependencies

To install the dependencies for Golinks, navigate to the "golinks" directory and execute the following command:

go get ./...

This will download and install all the dependencies.

Step 6: Build and Install Golinks

To build Golinks, navigate to the "golinks" directory and execute the following command:

go build -ldflags "-s -w" -o golinks cmd/golinks/main.go

This will compile Golinks into a binary executable named "golinks".

To install Golinks, move the "golinks" binary to a directory that is in your system's $PATH. For example, you can move it to the "/usr/local/bin" directory by executing the following command:

sudo mv golinks /usr/local/bin/

Step 7: Verify the Installation

To verify that Golinks is installed correctly, open the terminal and type:

golinks --help

This command should output the help message for Golinks, which means that the installation was successful.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Golinks on EndeavourOS Latest. You can start using Golinks by creating your custom shortcuts using the "golinks" command.

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