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How to install Tagspace 1.8 on ubuntu 17.04

To install Tagspace on Ubuntu 17.04

TagSpaces is an open-source, easy-to-use offline data software for managing and syncing files and folders with other devices, via tags. It helps you organize files on your Linux, Windows, Android or Mac machines and also external storage with ownCloud, Dropbox or Bittorrent Sync or other storage services.

Installing Tagspaces

It is required to install gdebi before you install the Tagspace package in your Ubuntu machine. Run the following command for the same purpose.


root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install gdebi Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2 gconf2-common gdebi-core gksu gnome-icon-theme libgconf-2-4 libgksu2-0
Suggested packages:
  gconf-defaults-service
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2 gconf2-common gdebi gdebi-core gksu gnome-icon-theme libgconf-2-4 libgksu2-0
0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 187 not upgraded.
Need to get 10.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 19.4 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? \[Y/n\] y
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 gconf2-common all 3.2.6-3ubuntu7 \[20.8 kB\]
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 libgconf-2-4 amd64 3.2.6-3ubuntu7 \[84.6 kB\]
Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 gconf-service-backend amd64 3.2.6-3ubuntu7 \[57.8 kB\]
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 gconf-service amd64 3.2.6-3ubuntu7 \[2,038 B\]

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bgksu-gconf-defaults) in auto mode
Processing triggers for gconf2 (3.2.6-3ubuntu7) ...
Setting up gksu (2.0.2-9ubuntu1) ...
Setting up gdebi (0.9.5.7+nmu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2) ...

Once it is done, go to the official website of Tagspace and copy the link for downloading the package. Then, use the wget command to download the package.


root@linuxhelp1:~# wget github.com/uggrock/tagspaces/releases/download/v1.8.0/tagspaces\_1.8.0\_amd64.deb \--2017-08-05 10:51:57--  http://github.com/uggrock/tagspaces/releases/download/v1.8.0/tagspaces\_1.8.0\_amd64.deb
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.255.113, 192.30.255.112
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.255.113|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://github.com/uggrock/tagspaces/releases/download/v1.8.0/tagspaces\_1.8.0\_amd64.deb \[following\]
--2017-08-05 10:51:57--  https://github.com/uggrock/tagspaces/releases/download/v1.8.0/tagspaces\_1.8.0\_amd64.deb
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.255.113|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://github.com/tagspaces/tagspaces/releases/download/v1.8.0/tagspaces\_1.8.0\_amd64.deb \[following\]
--2017-08-05 10:51:59--  https://github.com/tagspaces/tagspaces/releases/download/v1.8.0/tagspaces\_1.8.0\_amd64.deb
Reusing existing connection to github.com:443.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com/6830846/b13eb280-d1ee-11e3-8ae2-338a36d7141d?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256& X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20170805%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4\_request& X-Amz-Date=20170805T052311Z& X-Amz-Expires=300& X-Amz-Signature=8a3b1e0177aaf7e6040151fda31628a18a826626d4f619f21a6215bfb36bcc87& X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host& actor\_id=0& response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dtagspaces\_1.8.0\_amd64.deb& response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream \[following\]
--2017-08-05 10:51:59--  https://github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com/6830846/b13eb280-d1ee-11e3-8ae2-338a36d7141d?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256& X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20170805%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4\_request& X-Amz-Date=20170805T052311Z& X-Amz-Expires=300& X-Amz-Signature=8a3b1e0177aaf7e6040151fda31628a18a826626d4f619f21a6215bfb36bcc87& X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host& actor\_id=0& response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dtagspaces\_1.8.0\_amd64.deb& response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream
Resolving github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com (github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com)... 52.216.32.112
Connecting to github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com (github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com)|52.216.32.112|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 27613626 (26M) \[application/octet-stream\]
Saving to: &lsquo tagspaces\_1.8.0\_amd64.deb&rsquo 
tagspaces\_1.8.0\_amd64.deb        100%\[==========================================================> \]  26.33M  76.1KB/s    in 3m 7s

After downloading it, run the following command to trigger the installation of Tagspaces.


root@linuxhelp1:~# gdebi tagspaces\_1.8.0\_amd64.deb Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done

Offline file manager &  document browser for your local files
Do you want to install the software package? \[y/N\]:y
Selecting previously unselected package tagspaces.
(Reading database ... 176789 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack tagspaces\_1.8.0\_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking tagspaces (1.8.0) ...
Setting up tagspaces (1.8.0) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3+17.04.20170406-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) &hellip

Tagspaces has been installed, go to the application search-bar to search and find Tagspaces

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The TagSpaces application appears on your screen.

With this, the complete installation of Tagspaces is complete.

Tag : Ubuntu
FAQ
Q
What are the main advantages in Tagspace?
A
Cross-platform
Open source
No databases
No vendor locking
Q
Where does TagSpaces save the meta data such as tags?
A
The tags are added in name of the file, so for example if you tag the file “img-9832.jpg” with the tags “sunset” and “bahamas” it will be renamed to “img-9832 [sunset bahamas].jpg”. The Pro version of TagSpaces, has an option to save the tags in sidecar files.
Q
What is TagSpaces?
A
TagSpaces is a new, cross-platform tool for organizing, editing and tagging information.
Q
What is it good for?
A
Users can operate with local files and folders on different platforms through a single friendly interface which allows them to view, edit, and add tags to their information.
Q
Is it compatible with my platform?
A
It is compatible with Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, IPhone, Firefox and Chrome.