01 ‐ Installation

AppImage

1. Download the AppImage file from the latest release.
2. Make the AppImage file executable.
3. Start Hello Contest by launching the AppImage file.

VERSION=$(curl -sI https://github.com/ftl/hellocontest/releases/latest | grep -i location | grep -oP 'v\K[0-9a-zA-Z.-]+')
wget https://github.com/ftl/hellocontest/releases/latest/download/v${VERSION}/hellocontest_${VERSION}-x86_64.AppImage
chmod a+x hellocontest-${VERSION}-x86_64.AppImage
hellocontest-${VERSION}-x86_64.AppImage version

On Ubuntu starting from version 22.04 you need to install libfuse2 in order to run AppImages: sudo apt-get install libfuse2

For more information about AppImage see appimage.org.

Debian

1. Download the Debian package from latest release.
2. Install the package unsing apt-get
3. Start hellocontest in the terminal.

VERSION=$(curl -sI https://github.com/ftl/hellocontest/releases/latest | grep -i location | grep -oP 'v\K[0-9a-zA-Z.-]+')
wget https://github.com/ftl/hellocontest/releases/latest/download/v${VERSION}/hellocontest_${VERSION}_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i hellocontest_${VERSION}_amd64.deb
hellocontest

Arch User Repository (AUR)

1. Clone the AUR package hellocontest: git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/hellocontest
2. Install the package using makepkg: makepkg -i hellocontest
3. Start Hello Contest, either in the terminal (simply type hellocontest) or by using the application launcher of your choice.

Build From Source

1. Clone the Github repository: git clone https://github.com/ftl/hellocontest.git
2. Enter the project directory: cd hellocontest
3. Build the source code: make
4. Install Hello Contest: sudo make install update_icons
5. Start Hello Contest, either in the terminal (simply type hellocontest) or by using the application launcher of your choice.