How to Flux on Ubuntu - Installation & Automated Run Time
Trust me, you want Flux. Your eyes & sleep quality will thank you.
If you need to manually start the applet just type 'fluxgui' in terminal.
Resource: Flux Repo
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nathan-renniewaldock/flux
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install fluxgui
Resource: Create a Cron Task in Ubuntu
Check if cron is installed:
dpkg -l cron
Install cron (if needed)
sudo apt-get install cron
Verify cron is running.
systemctl status cron
Create a new cron job.
crontab -e
Select your terminal editor of choice.
Resource: Crontab Generator
Use the Crontab Generator to select when you want fluxgui to run. FYI: 'Command To Execute' field on Crontab Generator is 'fluxgui'
Verify cron job was created.
crontab -l
If you need to manually start the applet just type 'fluxgui' in terminal.
Winning! You're good to go.
Co-Founder, Hashnode
Good tip! Could you please tag it with "General Programming" so that it gets more visibility in Hashnode feeds? :)
Hackathons | Alexa Skills & Chatbots
The following command throws an issue:
sudo apt-get install fluxgui
Response:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package fluxgui
Harish Kotra did you set the PPA & update first?
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nathan-renniewaldock/flux
sudo apt-get update
Harish Kotra the link to install instructions on the GitHub repo: github.com/xflux-gui/fluxgui
Update - This would be the next thing I would check - just in case.
Only Python 3 is Supported
The fluxgui is only known to work with Python 3
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