Anamnesis : A Clipboard History Manager for Ubuntu Linux

Anamnesis is an opensource clipboard history manager for Ubuntu Linux. It stores all of the text copied to the clipboard. Then, it allows you to full text search on those texts through its easy to use interface (GUI and command line).

In order to install Anmnesis in Ubuntu , download its .tar.gz package from the download link given at the end of the post. Then, extract it to the Home folder.

Then, run the following commands in the terminal specifying path to anamnesis.py file in your Home folder.

sudo ln -s /path/to/anamnesis.py /usr/bin/anamnesis

Then, configure the following command to be exectued on the session start-up (System — > Preferences –> Session Apps).

anamnesis –start

Configure a shortcut to its graphic interface (System –> Preferences –> Keyboard Shortcuts)

anamnesis –browse

Then, use the following commands in the terminal to run it .

 anamnesis <options>

where <options> is the list options that you can use to run anmnesis. The list of options can be viewed from the link to the Homepage given at the end of the post.

Homepage: Anamnesis