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Installing Boostnote Markdown Editor on Ubuntu / Debian / Arch Linux

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Installing Boostnote Markdown Editor on Ubuntu

Are you looking for markdown editor to use in your Projects documentation?. Boostnote is a free and open source Markdown notes editor for Developers and Bloggers that runs on Windows, Linux and macOS.

In this article, we will look at how you can install Boostnote Markdown editor on Ubuntu/ Debian and Arch Linux system.

install Boostnote Markdown editor on Arch Linux

The Boostnote is available for Arch Linux and its derivatives such as Manjaro on AUR. Check our guide on how to install yay – Best AUR Helper for Arch Linux / Manjaro

After yay is installed, use it to install Boostnote on your Arch Linux / Manjaro workstation.

$ yay -S --noconfirm --needed
resolving dependencies…
 looking for conflicting packages…
 Packages (1) boostnote-0.11.12-1
 Total Download Size:    18.21 MiB
 Total Installed Size:  103.59 MiB
 :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
 :: Retrieving packages…
  boostnote-0.11.12-1-any                                           18.2 MiB  1124K/s 00:17 [#####################################################] 100%
 (1/1) checking keys in keyring                                                             [#####################################################] 100%
 (1/1) checking package integrity                                                           [#####################################################] 100%
 (1/1) loading package files                                                                [#####################################################] 100%
 (1/1) checking for file conflicts                                                          [#####################################################] 100%
 (1/1) checking available disk space                                                        [#####################################################] 100%
 :: Processing package changes…
 (1/1) installing boostnote                                                                 [#####################################################] 100%
 :: Running post-transaction hooks…
 (1/2) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate…
 (2/2) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache…

Install Boostnote Markdown editor on Ubuntu / Debian

For Ubuntu and Debian Linux distributions, Boostnote is installable from a .deb package provided by Boostnote development team. Check the Downloads page for the most recent package and download it.

sudo apt -y install wget
wget https://github.com/BoostIO/boost-releases/releases/download/v0.14.0/boostnote_0.14.0_amd64.deb

Install Boostnote

sudo apt install ./boostnote_0.14.0_amd64.deb

Agree to install required dependencies:

The following additional packages will be installed:
  gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2 gconf2-common libgconf-2-4
Suggested packages:
  gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0 libgnome-keyring0 gconf-defaults-service
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  boostnote gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2 gconf2-common libgconf-2-4
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 119 not upgraded.
Need to get 911 kB/75.4 MB of archives.
After this operation, 362 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y

To launch installed Boostnote Markdown editor use your distro Applications launcher and create your first note.

Start writing your notes in markdown. The text is formatted as you type plus you get semi-live previews which helps you see a preview of what you’re typing.

This application also highlights code syntax when working on code snippets with support for many programming languages.


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