How to Install Espial on Clear Linux

Espial is an open-source command-line tool for tracking and visualizing the GitHub contributions of a user or organization. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Espial on Clear Linux.

Prerequisites

• Clear Linux latest version installed.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before we can install Espial, we need to install some dependencies. We can do that by running the following command:

sudo swupd bundle-add go

This will install Go, which is the programming language that Espial is written in.

Step 2: Clone the Espial Repository

Now that we have installed Go, we can proceed to clone the Espial repository. We can do that by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/jonschoning/espial.git

This will clone the Espial repository to our current working directory.

Step 3: Build Espial

Once we have cloned the repository, we need to build Espial. We can do that by running the following command:

cd espial
go build

This will build Espial and create an executable file named espial.

Step 4: Install Espial

Now that we have built Espial, we can install it. We can do that by running the following command:

sudo cp espial /usr/local/bin/

This will copy the Espial executable to /usr/local/bin/, which is a directory that is in our system's $PATH environment variable. This means that we can run Espial from anywhere on our system.

Step 5: Verify Installation

To verify that Espial is installed correctly, we can run the following command:

espial --help

This should display the help message for Espial, which means that it is installed correctly.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Espial on Clear Linux. Now that Espial is installed, you can use it to track and visualize your GitHub contributions.