Takahē is a keyboard configuration that is optimized for fast and comfortable typing. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Takahē on the latest version of Fedora Server. We will assume that you have a basic understanding of Linux command line and package management.
Before we begin, we need to make sure that our system packages are up to date. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo dnf update
This command will update all the packages installed on your system.
Takahē is hosted on GitHub, so we need to install Git to clone the repository. We also need to install some dependencies required for building Takahē.
To install Git and dependencies, run the following command:
sudo dnf install git make cmake gcc-c++ freetype-devel fontconfig-devel
Now, we'll clone the Takahē repository from GitHub. Open your terminal, navigate to your preferred directory, and run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/jointakahe/takahe.git
This will clone the repository to your current working directory.
Navigate into the takahe directory that was created during the clone process by running the following command:
cd takahe
Now, we'll build and install Takahē by running the following commands:
make
sudo make install
The make command will build the Takahē source code, and the make install command will install it to your system.
We have successfully installed Takahē on our system, but we need to configure it to make it usable. To do this, we need to create a new configuration file in the ~/.config/takahe directory.
Run the following command to create the directory and the configuration file:
mkdir -p ~/.config/takahe
touch ~/.config/takahe/config.toml
Now, open the configuration file using your preferred text editor and add the following content:
# Set Takahē as the default keyboard layout.
keyboard_layout = "takahe"
# Set the typist's preferred language.
language = "en_us"
Save the file and close your text editor.
Now, we are ready to start using Takahē. To start Takahē, run the following command:
takahe
This will start Takahē, and it should automatically load your configuration file.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Takahē on the latest version of Fedora Server. Takahē is a powerful and useful keyboard configuration that can significantly improve your typing speed and productivity. Enjoy using it!
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