Installing Fossil on Manjaro

Fossil is a distributed version control system that is used for software development. Manjaro is an Arch Linux-based operating system. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Fossil on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before installing Fossil, make sure that you have the following:

Step 1: Update the System

It is important to update the system before installing any new packages. To do so, open the terminal and use the following command:

sudo pacman -Syu

Step 2: Install Fossil

To install Fossil on Manjaro, open the terminal and use the following command:

sudo pacman -S fossil

This will download and install the latest stable version of Fossil on your system.

Step 3: Verify the Installation

To verify that Fossil has been installed successfully, run the following command:

fossil version

This should display the version of Fossil installed on your system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps to install Fossil on Manjaro. You can now start using Fossil for software development.

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