How to Install This Week in Past on POP!_OS

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing This Week in Past on the latest version of POP!_OS.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following:

Installation

  1. First, go to the This Week in Past GitHub repository at https://github.com/RouHim/this-week-in-past and click the "Code" button.

  2. Click the "Download ZIP" button and save the zip file to your computer.

  3. Extract the contents of the zip file to a directory of your choice.

  4. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where you extracted the contents of the zip file.

  5. Run the following command to install the required dependencies:

    sudo apt-get install python3-pip libcairo2 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
    
  6. Run the following command to install the required Python packages:

    pip3 install -r requirements.txt
    
  7. You can now run This Week in Past by executing the following command:

    python3 this_week_in_past.py
    
  8. This Week in Past will now run in your terminal.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed This Week in Past on your POP!_OS system. You can now easily browse through the history of important events that occurred during the week in the past.

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