Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, CopyQ is an open-source, cross-platform clipboard manager written in C++ and built with the Qt libraries, working on both Linux and Windows.
Among other features, CopyQ has configurable history size, it allows the users to search through the clipboard history and can be opened via some keyboard shortcuts. It can also be used from the command line. For keyboard shortcuts and examples of cli usage, see this page. The latest version available is CopyQ 2.0.0, which has been released a while ago, coming with support for synchronizing items with files on disk, faster tab loading and saving, support for limiting the size of text items, and many bugfixes.
In this article I will show you how to install CopyQ 2.0.0 on Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 16 Petra, Linux Mint 15 Olivia, Linux Mint 14 Nadia, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pear OS 8, Pear OS 7, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Debian 7 Wheezy, Kwheezy and OpenSUSE 13.1.
Because CopyQ 2.0.0 is not available via PPA, we have to download the packages from the official site and install them by hand. Follow the instructions for your system and architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install CopyQ 2.0.0 on Ubuntu 13.10 and Linux Mint 16:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/copyq/files/copyq-2.0.0/Linux/copyq_2.0.0_Ubuntu_13.10_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i copyq_2.0.0_Ubuntu_13.10_i386.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/copyq/files/copyq-2.0.0/Linux/copyq_2.0.0_Ubuntu_13.10_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i copyq_2.0.0_Ubuntu_13.10_amd64.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
How to install CopyQ 2.0.0 on Ubuntu 13.04, Linux Mint 15, Pear OS 8:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/copyq/files/copyq-2.0.0/Linux/copyq_2.0.0_Ubuntu_13.04_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i copyq_2.0.0_Ubuntu_13.04_i386.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/copyq/files/copyq-2.0.0/Linux/copyq_2.0.0_Ubuntu_13.04_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i copyq_2.0.0_Ubuntu_13.04_amd64.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
How to install CopyQ 2.0.0 on Ubuntu 12.10, Linux Mint 14, Pear OS 7:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/copyq/files/copyq-2.0.0/Linux/copyq_2.0.0_Ubuntu_12.10_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i copyq_2.0.0_Ubuntu_12.10_i386.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/copyq/files/copyq-2.0.0/Linux/copyq_2.0.0_Ubuntu_12.10_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i copyq_2.0.0_Ubuntu_12.10_amd64.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
How to install CopyQ 2.0.0 on Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint 13, Elementary OS:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/copyq/files/copyq-2.0.0/Linux/copyq_2.0.0_Ubuntu_12.04_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i copyq_2.0.0_Ubuntu_12.04_i386.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/copyq/files/copyq-2.0.0/Linux/copyq_2.0.0_Ubuntu_12.04_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i copyq_2.0.0_Ubuntu_12.04_amd64.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
How to install CopyQ 2.0.0 on Debian Wheezy and Kwheezy:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/copyq/files/copyq-2.0.0/Linux/copyq_2.0.0_Debian_7.0_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i copyq_2.0.0_Debian_7.0_i386.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c sourceforge.net/projects/copyq/files/copyq-2.0.0/Linux/copyq_2.0.0_Debian_7.0_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i copyq_2.0.0_Debian_7.0_amd64.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
How to install CopyQ 2.0.0 on OpenSUSE 13.1:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/copyq/files/copyq-2.0.0/Linux/copyq-2.0.0-openSUSE_13.1-3.1.i586.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i copyq-2.0.0-openSUSE_13.1-3.1.i586.rpm
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/copyq/files/copyq-2.0.0/Linux/copyq-2.0.0-openSUSE_13.1-3.1.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i copyq-2.0.0-openSUSE_13.1-3.1.i586.rpm