In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install FlashPaper on Manjaro. FlashPaper is an open-source project that provides tooling to generate PDF documents from HTML templates.
Before we begin with the installation process, make sure you have the following:
Follow the below steps to install FlashPaper on Manjaro:
First, open your terminal application by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T or searching for "Terminal" in the application launcher.
Next, update the package manager by running the command:
sudo pacman -Syu
This will ensure all of your existing packages are up-to-date.
Install the required dependencies by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S git npm
Clone the FlashPaper repository using the command:
git clone https://github.com/AndrewPaglusch/FlashPaper
Change your current directory to the FlashPaper source code folder by running:
cd FlashPaper
Next, install all the dependencies by running the following command:
npm install
Now, to start the application, run:
npm start
This should open the application in your web browser at http://localhost:8080/.
If you want to install FlashPaper globally, run:
npm install -g
Congratulations! You have successfully installed FlashPaper on Manjaro.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install FlashPaper on Manjaro. FlashPaper is a useful tool for generating PDF documents from HTML templates. With this tool, you can easily create professional-quality PDF documents on your Manjaro machine.
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