SyncTube is a free and open-source project that enables users to watch YouTube videos together with others in real-time. It's a great platform for watching online content with friends and family, and it's available for different operating systems such as Windows, macOS, and Linux. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how you can install SyncTube on your Linux Mint Latest.
Before we start the installation process, we need to ensure that all necessary packages are installed on our system. The following command will install required packages:
sudo apt-get install git nodejs npm
After installing required packages, you need to clone the SyncTube repository from Github by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/RblSb/SyncTube.git
Once we have cloned the SyncTube repository, we need to navigate to the project directory by running the following command:
cd SyncTube
Now, we need to install and update all the dependency packages using npm by running the following command:
npm install && npm update
After installing all dependencies, we need to start the SyncTube server by running the following command:
node server.js
Finally, you can open your browser and access SyncTube by navigating to http://localhost:8080/. SyncTube should be up and running. You can share the URL with your friends and start watching YouTube videos together in real-time.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install SyncTube on your Linux Mint Latest. SyncTube is a great platform for watching YouTube videos together with others in real-time, and we hope this tutorial has helped you in setting up SyncTube on your system. If you face any issues or have any queries, feel free to reach out to us in the comments section below.
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