How to Autostart ActivityWatch in Other Linux Distros

1. Go to the following link: https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch/releases/latest

2. Click the Appimage file to download it.

3. Locate the downloaded app and put it in the following location: /home/[USERNAME]/bin/, whereas [USERNAME] is your Linux username.

4. Rename the Appimage file to activitywatch.

5. Inside /home/[USERNAME]/bin/, run the following command:

chmod +x ./activitywatch

6. Run the following commands to install dex, an autostarter app for Linux:

cd /tmp
git clone https://github.com/jceb/dex.git
cd dex
chmod +x ./dex
sudo cp dex /opt
cd ..
rm -rf dex

7. Make a new file in /home/[USERNAME]/.config/autostart/activitywatcher.desktop, whereas [USERNAME] is your Linux username, with the following content:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=/home/[USERNAME]/bin/activitywatch
Hidden=false
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
Name=ActivityWatch

whereas [USERNAME] is your Linux username

8. Reboot your Linux machine, then login, and it should autostart!

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