How to Install Kavita on FreeBSD Latest

Kavita is an open-source PDF reader for desktop operating systems including FreeBSD. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Kavita on FreeBSD latest version.

Prerequisites

• FreeBSD latest version installed
• superuser or root user access

Installing Kavita on FreeBSD

Step 1. Open a terminal window on FreeBSD.

Step 2. Install the required dependencies for Kavita using the following command:

pkg install qt5-widgets qt5-gui poppler-qt5

Step 3. Download the latest version of Kavita from their website:

wget https://github.com/Kaviati/kavita/releases/download/v1.1.0/kavita-1.1.0.tar.gz

Step 4. Extract the downloaded file:

tar -xzf kavita-1.1.0.tar.gz

Step 5. cd to the extracted directory:

cd kavita-1.1.0

Step 6. Compile and install Kavita with the following commands:

qmake
make
make install

Step 7. Kavita is now installed on your FreeBSD system.

Running Kavita

Step 1. To launch Kavita, open a terminal window and type:

kavita

Step 2. If everything has been installed correctly, you should see Kavita's main window.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have demonstrated how to install Kavita on FreeBSD latest version. Kavita is a lightweight and easy-to-use PDF reader that allows you to read, annotate, and highlight PDF files.