Tutorial: How to Install Drift on Manjaro

Drift is an open-source program for Linux that lets you easily share your mouse and keyboard between multiple computers. Here's how to install it on Manjaro:

Prerequisites

Before we start the installation process, make sure your Manjaro system is up to date by running the following commands:

sudo pacman -Syu

This will update all the packages on your system.

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

Drift requires some packages to run properly. To install them, open the terminal and run the following command:

sudo pacman -S git cmake gcc pkg-config libx11 libxtst-dev

This will install all the necessary packages for Drift to work properly.

Step 2: Clone Drift Repository

Next, clone the Drift repository from GitHub using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/MaxLeiter/drift.git

This will clone the repository to your local system.

Step 3: Build and Install Drift

Navigate to the cloned repository and build the project using the following commands:

cd drift
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

This will build the Drift project.

Once the building process completes, install Drift using the following command:

sudo make install

This will install Drift on your Manjaro system.

Step 4: Start Drift

To start Drift, run the following command:

drift

This will start Drift and you can start using it to share your mouse and keyboard between multiple computers.

Conclusion

That's it! You've successfully installed Drift on your Manjaro system. With Drift, you can easily share your mouse and keyboard between multiple computers without any hassle.