Newbie here. How to properly install Syncthing Core and GUI in Tumbleweed?

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I was using Ubuntu for about 4 years and I just switched to Tumbleweed. Why? Nicely integrated Btrfs and snapshots!

On Ubuntu I had 2 Syncthing apps; the core app that ran in the background and the GUI app that ran in a web page. I would start the Syncthing core app and it would run in the background. Then I would start the GUI app because I’m a newbie and I strongly avoid using the CLI unless I need to. This setup worked great.

Now I want to setup Syncthing in my Tumbleweed. What is the best way to do that?

I found the following:

So what are the steps to setup Syncthing in Tumbleweed with the Core App and the GUI app?

Looks like Install syncthing-gael on Linux | Snap Store is the “Core” app and Install syncthing-arubislander on Linux | Snap Store is the GUI. So I just install the Core snap and then install the GUI snap? Is that the best way?

Or you recommend something else? I’m new to Tumbleweed so I want to do this correctly.

I like the idea of using snaps because containerization is cool.

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Hello,
I’m not gonna pretend to be a pro, but for me it was just download the official package and then run:

sudo systemctl --user enable syncthing

But I only use the web GUI not an additional GUI app.

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So sounds like this one package had the syncthing core app and the web gui app? That sound right?

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Yes I would suppose so then, just enter 172.0.0.1:8384 into your browser after installing and running the program and the web GUI opens.

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Yes, the package from the OSS repo includes the web UI and the core. I’ve been using it for about a year myself.

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