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Arch Linux installation

These instructions describe how Arch users can install the Linux build produced by the project's simple-release.yml workflow. The workflow produces an Arch package named similar to:

android-file-handler-<VERSION>-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

Find that file on the project's GitHub Releases page for the matching version and download it.

System install (recommended)

Use pacman to install the downloaded package so package scripts run and files are placed in standard system locations:

# from the directory with the downloaded package
sudo pacman -U ./android-file-handler-1.2.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

Replace the filename with the actual release artifact you downloaded. After installation you should have:

• Binary: e.g. /usr/local/bin/android-file-handler
• Desktop entry: /usr/share/applications/android-file-handler.desktop
• Icons: under /usr/share/icons/hicolor/...

Launch the app from your application menu (search "Android File Handler") or from a terminal:

android-file-handler

Non-root / manual install

If you cannot or do not want to install the package system-wide, you can extract and install files into your home directory manually:

1. Extract the package to a temporary folder:

mkdir -p /tmp/afh_pkg
tar -I zstd -xvf android-file-handler-1.2.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst -C /tmp/afh_pkg

2. Copy the executable and desktop/icon files to your local directories:

mkdir -p ~/.local/bin ~/.local/share/applications ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps
cp /tmp/afh_pkg/usr/local/bin/android-file-handler ~/.local/bin/
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/android-file-handler

# Copy desktop entry and icon (paths inside the package may vary)
cp /tmp/afh_pkg/usr/share/applications/android-file-handler.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
cp /tmp/afh_pkg/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/android-file-handler.png ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/

3. (Optional) Update desktop and icon caches so the menu picks up the new entry immediately:

update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications || true
gtk-update-icon-cache -t -f ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor || true

Now run the app from the menu or with ~/.local/bin/android-file-handler.

Verify package contents

To inspect the package contents without installing:

# list files in the package
pacman -Qlp android-file-handler-1.2.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

To query package info (after installation):

pacman -Qi android-file-handler

Troubleshooting

• If the app does not appear in your menu, try logging out/in or run the cache update commands above.
• If icons are missing, ensure the icons/hicolor/*/apps/android-file-handler.png entries were copied to the correct theme directories.
• If you manually copied files, ensure ~/.local/bin is on your PATH; add it to ~/.profile if necessary:

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"