How to Install Dispatch on Linux Mint

Dispatch is an open-source tool that allows you to run commands concurrently on Linux and macOS systems. It is a great tool that can help increase your productivity and save you time. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Dispatch on Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

Before we start with the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A Linux Mint system
• A terminal emulator
• sudo privileges

Installation

Follow the steps below to install Dispatch on your Linux Mint system:

1. Install Dependencies

Before we install Dispatch, we need to install some dependencies that it requires to function properly. Open your terminal emulator and run the following command:

sudo apt-get install git build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev

This command will install Git, essential build tools and dependencies required for Dispatch.

2. Clone the Repository

Next, clone the Dispatch repository using git clone command in your terminal window:

git clone https://github.com/khlieng/dispatch.git

3. Build and Install Dispatch

Navigate to the Dispatch directory using the command below:

cd dispatch

Then, run the setup.py file using the command:

sudo python3 setup.py install

This command will build and install Dispatch on your Linux Mint system.

4. Verify Installation

To verify that Dispatch has been installed correctly, run the following command:

dispatch --version

This command will output the version of Dispatch that has been installed on your Linux Mint system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Dispatch on Linux Mint. Dispatch is a powerful tool that can improve your productivity by running commands concurrently. We hope that this tutorial has been helpful to you.