How to Install Snapdrop on Linux Mint Latest?

Snapdrop is a free web-based file transfer tool that allows users to share files across different devices, platforms, and networks. It works on any modern web browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Microsoft Edge. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Snapdrop on Linux Mint using Google Chrome.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A computer running Linux Mint Latest.
• A web browser installed on your system. In this tutorial, we will use Google Chrome.

Step 1 — Install Google Chrome

If you don't have Google Chrome installed on your system, you can install it by following these steps:

1. Open Terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T.
2. Type the following command and press Enter to add the Google Chrome repository to your system:

sudo wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -

3. Then, run this command to add the Google Chrome repository to the system:

echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list

4. Run the following command to update the package list:

sudo apt update

5. Now, run the following command to install Google Chrome on your system:

sudo apt install google-chrome-stable

Step 2 — Install Snapdrop

Once you have installed Google Chrome, follow these steps to install Snapdrop:

1. Open Google Chrome browser.
2. Go to the Snapdrop website at https://snapdrop.net/.
3. Click on the green "Share files" button.
4. A pop-up window with instructions on how to use Snapdrop will appear. To access Snapdrop offline, click on the "Install" button in the upper right corner of the window.
5. Click on the "Download for Linux" button.
6. A ".deb" file named "snapdrop" will be downloaded to your system.
7. Open Terminal and navigate to the directory where the ".deb" file is located.
8. Type the following command to install the ".deb" file:

sudo dpkg -i snapdrop*.deb

9. After installation, launch Snapdrop by typing the following command in the Terminal:

snapdrop

10. Snapdrop will open in your default web browser.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Snapdrop on Linux Mint Latest using Google Chrome. Now, you can easily transfer files across different devices, platforms, and networks with Snapdrop.

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