How to Install Buku on POP! OS Latest

Buku is a powerful command-line bookmark manager that allows you to store, organize, and search your bookmarks securely. It's a perfect tool for users who work with multiple browsers, and they want to store their bookmarks in a central database.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Buku on POP! OS Latest. POP! OS is an easy-to-use Linux distribution, which is based on Ubuntu.

Step 1 - Install Dependencies

Before we install Buku, we need to make sure that our system has all the necessary dependencies. Open a terminal window and enter the following command:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel python3-dev libssl-dev libffi-dev build-essential

This command will update the package list, and install Python3, PIP3, and other required dependencies.

Step 2 - Install Buku

You can install Buku using PIP3, which is the package installer for Python3. Enter the following command to install Buku:

sudo pip3 install buku

This command will install the latest version of Buku on your system. Once the installation is complete, you can verify the installation by running the following command:

buku --version

This command will display the version number of Buku installed on your system.

Step 3 - Configure Buku

By default, Buku stores all the bookmarks in a file named "bookmarks.html" in the user's home directory. However, you can customize the settings by running the following command:

buku --config

This command will open the Buku config file in your default text editor. You can customize the settings as per your requirements.

Step 4 - Using Buku

Now that Buku is installed and configured on your system, you can start using it to store and manage your bookmarks. Here are some of the basic commands to get you started:

# Add a new bookmark
buku -a "https://www.google.com" -t "Google" -d "Search Engine"

# Search for a bookmark
buku -s google

# List all bookmarks
buku -p

The above commands will add a new bookmark to your database, search for a bookmark, and list all the available bookmarks.

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed Buku on POP! OS Latest. It's a very powerful tool that can help you manage your bookmarks efficiently. You can explore more advanced features by referring to the official documentation.

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