How to Install Tmate on Manjaro

Tmate is a terminal sharing program that allows multiple users to share a command-line session in real-time. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Tmate on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before we start, we need to ensure that we have the following prerequisites:

An up-to-date Manjaro installation.
A user account with sudo privileges.
A stable internet connection.

Step 1: Install Tmate

The Tmate is not available in the official Manjaro repository, so we need to install it using the AUR (Arch User Repository). Follow these steps to install Tmate:

Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T or by searching for terminal in the application launcher.
Update the packages list and upgrade the existing ones:
```
sudo pacman -Syu
```
Install git and the base-devel package group:
```
sudo pacman -S git base-devel
```

Clone the Tmate repository from the AUR:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/tmate.git

Enter the cloned directory:
```
cd tmate
```
Build and install the package using makepkg:
```
makepkg -si
```
Once the installation is complete, you can check the version of Tmate by running:
```
tmate -V
```

That’s it! You have successfully installed Tmate on Manjaro.

Step 2: Use Tmate

Once Tmate is installed, you can start using it by following these steps:

Open the terminal and start a new Tmate session by running:
```
tmate
```
Share your Tmate session by giving the generated SSH command to the person you want to share the terminal with. The SSH command will look something like this:
```
ssh <username>@<hostname> -p <port-number>
```
To terminate the Tmate session, you can use Ctrl + C.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Tmate on Manjaro using the AUR. We also learned how to start and terminate a Tmate session. Tmate is a powerful tool that can help you collaborate with others in real-time.