Save Your eyes! How to Install Flux on Ubuntu
Published in
May 27, 2019
Trust me, you want Flux. Your eyes & sleep quality will thank you.
If you need to manually start the applet just type ‘fluxgui’ in terminal.
Resource: Flux Repo
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nathan-renniewaldock/flux
sudo apt-get update
sudo snap install fluxgui --edge
Resource: Create a Cron Task in Ubuntu
Check if cron is installed:
dpkg -l cron
Install cron (if needed)
sudo apt-get install cron
Verify cron is running.
systemctl status cron
Create a new cron job.
crontab -e
Select your terminal editor of choice.
Resource: Crontab Generator
Use the Crontab Generator to select when you want fluxgui to run.
FYI: ‘Command To Execute’ field on Crontab Generator is `fluxgui`
Verify cron job was created.
crontab -l
Winning! You’re good to go.