QuickShare is an open-source file-sharing tool that allows users to share files quickly and easily between devices. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install QuickShare on Manjaro using the terminal.
Before installing QuickShare, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Git is a version control system that is required to download QuickShare from the GitHub repository. To install Git on your Manjaro system, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo pacman -S git
Enter your password to give the necessary permissions to proceed with the installation.
Next, you need to clone the QuickShare repository from GitHub. Run the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/ihexxa/quickshare.git
The above command will download the latest version of QuickShare into your current working directory.
QuickShare requires a few dependencies to work correctly. To install them, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S python-pip qt5-base libappindicator-gtk3 libnotify
Enter your user password to proceed with the installation.
QuickShare is built using the Python programming language, and it uses a few Python libraries. To install them, run the following command:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Now that you have installed all the necessary dependencies, run QuickShare by navigating to the cloned GitHub repository directory and running the following command in the terminal:
python3 quickshare.py
This will launch the QuickShare application, and you can start using it to share files between devices.
In this guide, we showed you how to install QuickShare on Manjaro. By following the steps above, you can easily install QuickShare on your Manjaro system and start sharing files with ease.
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