Fava is a web interface for the text editor Beancount. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Fava on Manjaro using pip, a Python package installer.
Before installing Fava, you will need to install some dependencies. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S python python-pip python-setuptools
This command will install Python, pip, and setuptools on your Manjaro system.
Once you have installed the dependencies, you can install Fava by running the following command:
pip install fava
This command will download and install Fava and its dependencies.
After installation, you can test Fava by running the following command:
fava --port=5000 example.beancount
This command will start Fava on http://localhost:5000 and load the example.beancount file. If everything is working correctly, you should see the web user interface of Fava.
You can stop Fava by pressing CTRL+C in the terminal.
You can add an alias to simplify the command to start Fava:
echo "alias f='fava --port=5000'" >> ~/.bashrc
This command will add an alias f for the fava --port=5000 command. After adding this alias, you can start Fava by running:
f example.beancount
Fava is now installed and ready to use on your Manjaro system. Enjoy!
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