Photoview is a minimalistic image viewer written in Rust, which aims to provide a simple and fast way to browse photos. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Photoview on Void Linux.
Open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for "Terminal" in the application menu.
Install Rust by running the following command:
sudo xbps-install rustup
After Rust has been installed, run the following command to update it to the latest version:
rustup update
Install the development libraries required to build Photoview by running the following command:
sudo xbps-install libxcb-devel libgl-devel mesa-dri3-devel alsa-lib-devel libpulse-devel
Clone the Photoview repository to your machine by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/photoview/photoview.git
Change your working directory to the cloned repository by running the following command:
cd photoview/
Use Cargo, the Rust package manager, to build Photoview by running the following command:
cargo build --release
This command will fetch and install any dependencies required by Photoview and then build the application.
Once the build has completed successfully, you can install Photview by running the following command:
sudo cargo install --path .
This command will install the binary to your system's PATH so that you can run it from anywhere.
You can now run Photoview by running the following command:
photoview
This will launch the Photoview application, and you can start using it to browse your photos.
Congratulations, you've successfully installed Photoview on Void Linux! Enjoy browsing through your photos with this minimalistic and fast image viewer.
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