https://fedtail.dmesg.online/en/tags/quickstart/Recent content in Quickstart on fedtailHugoen-UShttps://fedtail.dmesg.online/en/docs/getting-started/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://fedtail.dmesg.online/en/docs/getting-started/<img src="https://fedtail.dmesg.online/images/fedtail.png" alt="fedtail: an opossum holding its own tail" width="112" align="right" style="margin: 0 0 1rem 1.5rem; filter: drop-shadow(0 4px 12px rgba(34, 211, 238, 0.25));"> <p>Every <a href="https://github.com/eugene-vereshchagin/fedtail/releases" rel="noopener">fedtail release</a> ships as a self-contained single file with Python and Qt bundled inside — no extra dependencies needed.</p> <h2 id="method-1-single-binary-no-installation-recommended">Method 1. Single Binary, No Installation (Recommended)</h2> <h3 id="linux-x86_64">Linux (x86_64)</h3> <p>Debian 12 or newer, Ubuntu 22.04 or newer and the like. The commands are for the latest release, 0.16.0:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="c1"># Download and make it executable:</span> </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">curl -LO https://github.com/eugene-vereshchagin/fedtail/releases/download/v0.16.0/fedtail-0.16.0-linux-x86_64 </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">chmod +x fedtail-0.16.0-linux-x86_64 </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="c1"># put it in the menu with its icon (and exit), then run it</span> </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">./fedtail-0.16.0-linux-x86_64 --install-desktop </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">./fedtail-0.16.0-linux-x86_64</span></span></code></pre></div> <aside class="note"> <p class="note__title">Note</p> <p>On the first start, the executable unpacks itself into a temporary directory, so the first window takes a few seconds to appear.</p> </aside>