Wordle is an online guessing game that has recently gained popularity. You can access it through a browser, but if you want to have a dedicated application, you can install it on your Manjaro Linux machine. In this tutorial, I will guide you through the installation process.
Before we start, make sure you have the following:
Wordle is built with React, which requires Node.js to run. So, the first thing we need to do is to install Node.js on our Manjaro machine.
Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S nodejs
This command will install the latest version of Node.js available in the Manjaro repository.
To verify that Node.js is installed correctly, run the following command:
node -v
This will print the version of Node.js installed on your machine.
The Wordle application is available on the Vercel platform. We can download the application as a zip file from the following link: https://reactle.vercel.app/_next/static/7tOMaTlcT1TtT9qhN-KZC/pages/index.js.gz.
Alternatively, we can use the wget command to download the file. Open the terminal and run the following command:
wget https://reactle.vercel.app/_next/static/7tOMaTlcT1TtT9qhN-KZC/pages/index.js.gz -O wordle.js.gz
This will download the file and save it as wordle.js.gz in your current directory.
The Wordle application is compressed in gzip format. We need to extract it to use it. To do so, we need to install Gunzip.
Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S gzip
Now, we can extract the Wordle application using Gunzip. Open the terminal and run the following command:
gzip -d wordle.js.gz
This will extract the wordle.js file from wordle.js.gz.
We will create a desktop file for Wordle so that we can launch it from the applications menu.
Open the terminal and run the following command:
nano ~/.local/share/applications/wordle.desktop
This will open a new file in the nano text editor.
Copy and paste the following content into the file:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Wordle
Exec=node /path/to/wordle.js
Icon=/path/to/icon.png
Terminal=false
Make sure to replace /path/to/wordle.js and /path/to/icon.png with the actual paths on your machine.
Press Ctrl + X, then Y and Enter to save and exit the file.
The wordle.js file is not executable by default. We need to make it executable.
Open the terminal and run the following command:
chmod +x wordle.js
This will make the file executable.
Now, you can launch Wordle from the applications menu on your Manjaro machine.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Wordle on your Manjaro Linux machine. Enjoy guessing the words!
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