How to Install Dashdot on Manjaro

Introduction

Dashdot is an open-source tool for creating interactive and dynamic dashboards. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install dashdot on Manjaro, a popular Linux distribution.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A working installation of Manjaro.
• A user account with administrative privileges or access to the root account.

Steps to Install Dashdot on Manjaro

Follow the instructions below to install dashdot on Manjaro:

1. Install the necessary dependencies

First, we need to install some dependencies that are necessary for dashdot to work. Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for "Terminal" in the applications menu.

Next, run the following command to install the dependencies:

sudo pacman -S python-pip python-wheel python-setuptools python-qt5 qscintilla

2. Install Dashdot

After installing the dependencies, we can now proceed with installing dashdot.

• Clone the dashdot repository from GitHub. To do this, navigate to the directory you would like the repository to be cloned to and run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/MauriceNino/dashdot.git

• Change directory to the cloned repository:

cd dashdot

• Install the dashdot package using pip:

sudo pip install .

3. Verify the installation

To verify that dashdot is properly installed, open a terminal and run the following command:

dashdot-viewer

If the installation was successful, the dashdot viewer should open up. Congratulations, you have successfully installed dashdot on Manjaro!

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install dashdot on Manjaro, a popular Linux distribution. We have also listed the prerequisites needed for the installation process. By following these steps, you should be able to use Dashdot to create dynamic and interactive dashboards with ease.

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