Install TagSpaces on Linux
I’ve been using TagSpaces from some time now, and I ended up to buy a Pro version.
You get the Pro version by receiving a download link by email. I’m on Arch Linux and the pro versions provided are not for Arch, but it has a .deb version.
Here’s how to install it on Arch. Updating is basically the same.
1yaourt -S xarchiver electron libgcrypt15
2
3cd ~/Downloads
4mv tagspaces-pro-2.5.0-amd64.deb tagspaces-pro-2.5.0-amd64.ar
5xarchiver -x ./tagspaces tagspaces-pro-2.5.0-amd64.ar
6xarchiver -x . data.tar.xz
7rm -f control.tar.gz
8rm -f debian-binary
9rm -f data.tar.xz
10
11sudo cp -R opt/ /
12rm -rf opt
13sudo cp -R usr/ /
14rm -rf usr/
15rm -f ~/Downloads/tagspaces-pro-2.5.0-amd64.ar
16
17vi ~/.local/share/applications/tagspaces.desktop
1[Desktop Entry]
2Name=tagspaces
3Comment=Offline document organizer and browser for your local files, supporting easy file tagging and document editing.
4Exec=/opt/tagspaces/tagspaces
5Terminal=false
6Type=Application
7Icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/tagspaces.png