pmxkcd

pmxkcd (Poor Man's XKCD) is a desktop XKCD webcomic viewer and downloader for Linux.

Features :

• View-Download current XKCD webcomic.
• View-Download random XKCD webcomic.

Dependencies :

• YAD - YAD (yet another dialog) is a tool to create graphical dialogs from shell scripts. YAD is available in repositories of some Linux distributions. You can use following links to get YAD if it is not shipped by your distribution,

  http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package_metas?exact_match=1&q=yad

  http://pkgs.org/download/yad

Installation :

Download pmxkcd-master zip,

Extract its contents to a folder,

Open that folder in Terminal,

Give 'install-pmxkcd' the 'execute' permission,

chmod 755 install-pmxkcd

Run 'install-pmxkcd' script,

sudo ./install-pmxkcd

Or if you prefer 'su' over 'sudo',

su -c ./install-pmxkcd

Removal :

Get pmxkcd-master zip,

Extract its contents to a folder,

Open that folder in Terminal,

Give 'remove-pmxkcd' the 'execute' permission,

chmod 755 remove-pmxkcd

Run 'remove-pmxkcd' script,

sudo ./remove-pmxkcd

Or if you prefer 'su' over 'sudo'

su -c ./remove-pmxkcd

Usage :

After installation you will find 'pmxkcd' entry in your applications menu. You can also run it via Terminal by typing 'pmxkcd' and hitting Enter. After launching 'pmxkcd', to view current XKCD webcomic click on 'Current' button and to view a random XKCD webcomic click on 'Random' button. XKCD webcomics will be saved in user's '~/Pictures/xkcd' directory.

Screenshot :

Support :

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License :

This work (pmxkcd, by hakerdefo), identified by hakerdefo, is free of known copyright restrictions.