Installing Drift on Elementary OS Latest
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Drift on Elementary OS Latest. Drift is an open-source CLI tool that helps you to keep track of the changes you make to your files and directories.
Prerequisites
- Elementary OS Latest installed on your machine
- Basic command-line knowledge
Step-by-step guide
Open the Terminal by pressing
Ctrl + Alt + T.Install pip package manager using the following command:
sudo apt install python3-pipInstall Drift using pip:
sudo pip3 install drift-cliVerify that Drift has been installed correctly by running the following command:
drift --versionThis should show the version of Drift that has been installed on your system.
Now, you need to initialize Drift by running the
drift initcommand in any directory that you want to track:cd /path/to/directory drift initAfter running the above command, Drift will start tracking changes made to the file(s) or directory that you specified.
You can make changes to the file(s) or directory and then run the following command to view the changes made:
drift statusYou can also use the
drift logcommand to view a detailed log of all the changes made so far.
Conclusion
In this tutorial, we have seen how to install and use Drift on Elementary OS Latest. With Drift, you can easily track the changes made to your files and directories, allowing you to easily revert to previous versions if needed.