How to Install FlashPaper on Arch Linux

FlashPaper is an open-source tool used to convert webpages to PDFs. Here's a step-by-step tutorial on how to install FlashPaper on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Here are the requirements to install FlashPaper on Arch Linux:

• Arch Linux up and running
• Git installed

Installation process

1. Open the terminal and clone the FlashPaper repository from Github.

   git clone https://github.com/AndrewPaglusch/FlashPaper.git
   

   This command will clone the repository into your current working directory.

2. Navigate to the directory where the repository was cloned.

   cd FlashPaper
   

3. Run the following command to install the necessary dependencies for FlashPaper:

   sudo pacman -S gconf
   

4. You also need to install a dependency manager for Ruby called "Bundler". Run the following command:

   sudo gem install bundler
   

5. Once you have installed the necessary dependencies, you can now install FlashPaper. Run the following command:

   bundle install
   

   This command will install all the dependencies mentioned in the Gemfile of the project.

6. After the previous steps are done, you can now use FlashPaper to convert your webpage to PDF. Navigate to the root directory of the project and run the following command:

   bin/flash_paper example.com/path-to-the-webpage
   

   This command will generate a PDF file of the webpage, and it will be saved to the same directory where you ran the command.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and used FlashPaper on Arch Linux.