2.7 Installing Rattle on Linux for All Users

To install for any user on the computer begin by downloading the zip and unzip that into /opt/ or wherever your system suggests optional installations live:

curl https://access.togaware.com/rattle-dev-linux.zip -o rattle-dev-linux.zip
sudo unzip rattle-dev-linux.zip -d /opt/rattle

Those two steps, curl and unzip, can also be repeated to update your installation.

Then set up your local installation (only required once):

sudo ln -s /opt/rattle/rattle /usr/local/bin/
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/applications/
sudo curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gjwgit/rattleng/dev/installers/app.desktop -o /usr/local/share/applications/rattle.desktop
sudo curl https://github.com/gjwgit/rattleng/raw/dev/installers/app.png -o /opt/rattle/rattle.png

If installing somewhere other than/opt/ you will need to modify the steps and edit the rattle.desktop.

Once installed users can run the app from the GNOME desktop through the Window key then type rattle.

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