(zettel (meta (back "00001003300000") (backward "00001003300000") (box-name "manual") (created "20220114181521") (forward "00001003600000") (modified "20260707162000") (published "20260707162000") (role "manual") (syntax "zmk") (tags "#installation #manual #zettelstore") (title "Enable Zettelstore to start automatically on Linux")) (rights read) (content "" "Because there is no single way Linux systems are configured, there are many ways to start Zettelstore automatically.\n\n* One option is to treat your Linux desktop system as a server and use the [[recipe to install Zettelstore on a server|00001003600000]].\n** A lightweight alternative is described below.\n* If you are using the [[GNOME Desktop|https://www.gnome.org/]], you can use [[GNOME Tweaks|https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-tweaks]].\n  It allows you to specify applications that should run automatically when you log in.\n* [[KDE|https://kde.org/]] provides a system setting to [[autostart|https://docs.kde.org/stable_kf6/en/plasma-workspace/kcontrol/autostart/]] applications.\n* [[Xfce|https://xfce.org/]] lets you specify [[autostart applications|https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/preferences#application_autostart]].\n\nIf you're using a different desktop environment, try searching for its name together with the word \"\"autostart\"\".\n\nAlternatively, if your system uses [[systemd|https://systemd.io/]], you can configure it to start Zettelstore as a user service.\nMany Linux distributions use systemd as their init system and service manager.\nAdapt the following commands to your needs, then run them from a terminal:\n\n```\n$ mkdir -p \"$HOME/.config/systemd/user\"\n$ cd \"$HOME/.config/systemd/user\"\n$ cat <<__EOF__ > zettelstore.service\n[Unit]\nDescription=Zettelstore\nAfter=network.target home.mount\n\n[Service]\nExecStart=/usr/local/bin/zettelstore run -d zettel\n\n[Install]\nWantedBy=default.target\n__EOF__\n$ systemctl --user daemon-reload\n$ systemctl --user enable zettelstore.service\n$ systemctl --user start zettelstore.service\n$ systemctl --user status zettelstore.service\n```\nThe last command should show that the service is active and running."))