Asciinema is a command-line tool used to record and share terminal sessions. It is readily available on Manjaro, a Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the installation process of asciinema on Manjaro.
Before proceeding with the installation, you should make sure your system is up-to-date.
sudo pacman -Syu
We can install asciinema and its dependencies using the command below:
sudo pacman -S asciinema
In case the package is not found, you can add the community repository by running:
sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack && sudo pacman -Syyu && sudo pacman -S community/asciinema
To verify that asciinema has been correctly installed, run the following command:
asciinema --help
You should get an output with a list of available commands.
To record a terminal session, simply run the command followed by the filename you would like to save the session to.
asciinema rec my-session.cast
To exit the session recording, use the exit command.
To play a recorded session, simply run:
asciinema play my-session.cast
In this tutorial, we have successfully installed asciinema on Manjaro and tested its usage. Asciinema is an excellent tool for recording and sharing terminal sessions.
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