IFM is a lightweight and minimalistic file manager for the terminal. It runs in a shell and provides a powerful interface for browsing, searching, and managing files and directories. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install IFM on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we begin, you need to ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
To install Git, open your terminal and enter the following command:
sudo pkg install git
Now, we need to clone the IFM repository to our FreeBSD server. Run the following command in your terminal to download the repo:
git clone https://github.com/misterunknown/ifm.git
This will create a new ifm directory in your current directory that contains the IFM files.
IFM has a few dependencies that must be installed before we can use it. Enter the following command in your terminal to install the dependencies:
sudo pkg install ncurses
This installs the ncurses library which is required for IFM to run.
Now, we can build and install IFM on our FreeBSD server. Navigate to the ifm directory using the following command:
cd ifm
Once you are in the ifm directory, run the following commands:
make
sudo make install
This will build and install IFM on your FreeBSD server.
To run IFM, enter the following command in your terminal:
ifm
This will start IFM in your terminal. You can now use IFM to browse and manage files and directories.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed IFM on your FreeBSD Latest server. With IFM, you can now manage your files and directories in a terminal interface.
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