Ntfy is a command-line tool that shows desktop notifications on Unix-based systems such as Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD. It can be used to monitor commands, scripts, and system events. In this tutorial, we will show you step-by-step how to install Ntfy on MXLinux Latest.
Before you begin, make sure that you have:
Use the following command to update your system to the latest packages:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Pip is a package manager for Python. We need to install pip to install Ntfy.
sudo apt install python3-pip
Use pip to install Ntfy.
sudo pip3 install ntfy
Now that Ntfy is installed, you can test it by running a command that sends a notification when it is done.
sleep 10; ntfy send "Done"
This command will pause for 10 seconds and then send a notification saying "Done".
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Ntfy on MXLinux Latest.
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