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Install on Manjaro.

Step-by-step installation guide for Manjaro.

Ilopad for Manjaro is published as a pacman package (.pkg.tar.zst) in the Ilopad repository. Add the repository once and pacman installs it and every later release, the same way it handles the rest of your system.

Add the Ilopad repository

The recommended way. Three commands, and updates arrive on their own afterwards.

1

Trust the signing key

Import the Ilopad key into pacman’s keyring and sign it locally, which is what tells pacman to trust it:

curl -fsSLo /tmp/ilopad.gpg https://dl.ilopad.com/ilopad.gpg sudo pacman-key --add /tmp/ilopad.gpg sudo pacman-key --lsign-key 9B88125FDFB1653D4A6E39EE3A59EC22020F75A0
2

Add the repository

Append the repository to /etc/pacman.conf:

curl -fsSL https://dl.ilopad.com/ilopad-pacman.conf \ | sudo tee -a /etc/pacman.conf
3

Install Ilopad

Refresh the package databases, update the system and install. Press Enter at each question to accept the default:

sudo pacman -Syu ilopad-server
Use -Syu, not -Sy: Manjaro does not support a partial upgrade. If pacman also updates the kernel, restart the computer before you start Ilopad. From now on pacman keeps Ilopad current along with the rest of your system: each new release arrives with sudo pacman -Syu. Every package and every index is signed, and pacman refuses anything that does not verify.
4

Start Ilopad

Launch the server from the terminal, or find Ilopad in your applications menu:

ilopad-server
Ilopad opens its window. When you close the window, Ilopad keeps running in the system tray. Click Add Device to show a pairing code and scan it with the Ilopad app on your iPhone. If Ilopad shows Permission Required, click Allow, enter your password and click OK.

Install a single release by hand

Use this if you would rather not add a repository. It installs one release and nothing more: Ilopad will not update itself, so you repeat these steps for each new version. Prefer to point and click? Manjaro’s Add/Remove Software (Pamac) opens a downloaded package directly. No extra tools to install.

1

Download the package

This link always points at the newest release:

Download the .pkg.tar.zst

2

Find the downloaded package

Open Dolphin and go to your Downloads folder. You should see the ilopad-server-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst you downloaded.

The ilopad-server-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst package in the Downloads folder of the Dolphin file manager
3

Open it and click Apply

Double-click the package. It opens in Add/Remove Software and lists ilopad-server under To install. Click Apply.

Pamac Transaction Summary showing ilopad-server under To install with an Apply button
4

Authenticate

Enter your password to authorize the installation, then click OK. Add/Remove Software installs the package and closes when it is done.

Authentication Required dialog asking for a password to install packages
5

Start Ilopad

Launch Ilopad from your applications menu. It opens its window. Click Add Device to pair your iPhone.

Ilopad showing the server name, a green power button and the No Devices Paired empty state
The server shows this computer’s name under Server Name, with a green power button beside it while the server is running. If Ilopad shows Permission Required, click Allow, enter your password and click OK.

Uninstall

To remove Ilopad, with its settings and the permissions that it added, follow Uninstall on Manjaro.