In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Screensy on POP! OS Latest by following these simple steps.
Before we start installing Screensy, we need to install some dependencies that it requires. To do so, open up your terminal and run the following command.
sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev
This command installs the GTK+ 3 development headers which are required for Screensy.
Next, we need to clone Screensy's repository to our system. To do so, open up your terminal and run the following command to navigate to the directory you want to download Screensy to.
cd Downloads/
Now, run the following command to clone the repository.
git clone https://github.com/screensy/screensy.git
This command will clone the Screensy repository to your current directory.
Now we will build and install Screensy from the cloned repository. To do so, navigate to the screensy directory by running the following command.
cd screensy/
Now we will build Screensy using the following command.
make
This command will compile Screensy and generate an executable binary named screensy.
Finally, we need to install Screensy on our system. To do so, run the following command.
sudo make install
This command will install Screensy on your system.
To verify that Screensy has been installed successfully, run the following command in your terminal.
screensy
If everything is working correctly, Screensy will start and display an overlay in the upper right corner of your screen.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Screensy on POP! OS Latest by cloning its repository and building and installing it from source. We hope you found this guide helpful!
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