Kavita is a digital library management tool that allows users to access and manage their e-books and PDFs in a single interface. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Kavita on Manjaro.
Before installing Kavita, you need to have the following prerequisites:
Step 1: Open up the terminal application by pressing "Ctrl + Alt + T" or by searching "terminal" in the application menu.
Step 2: Update the system by running the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
Step 3: Install the dependencies required for Kavita by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S git qt5-base qt5-tools poppler-qt5
Step 4: Clone the Kavita repository from Github using git by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/kavitareader/kavita.git
Step 5: Move into the Kavita directory by running the following command:
cd kavita
Step 6: Build Kavita with the qmake command by running the following command:
qmake
make
Step 7: Once the build process is complete, run Kavita by running the following command:
./kavita
You should now have Kavita running on your Manjaro system.
In this tutorial, we walked through the steps to install Kavita on Manjaro. With Kavita, you can easily manage your e-books and PDFs in a single interface.
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