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Introduction
In this article we are going to learn How to install remarkable editor app in Ubuntu 16.04. remarkable is a open source best markdown editor Linux application and mainly written for software developers. It’a an light weight, user friendly and feature rich text editor for Linux and one of the best Github syntax format application.
Now let’s have a look at features of Remarkable best markdown editor Linux app :
- It’s an cross platform application available for major operating systems i.e. Linux, Microsoft Windows.
- Format texts by applying Bold, Italic, Underline, applying different fonts, use bullets & numbering..etc..
- Remarkable editor app can be used to to write mathematical formulas and functions.
- Can export your written documents in different file formats i.e. HTML, PDF..etc..
- You can customize remarkable best markdown editor Linux app by downloading it’s source code.
- Highlight Syntax.
- Divide your screen to use one side as a coder and another side as viewer.
- Use keyboard shortcuts to make your work more easy.
For more information and features of remarkable editor app you can visit the official website.
Follow the below steps to install remarkable editor in Ubuntu 16.04 – a best markdown editor Linux application
Before we start the installation of Remarkable editor app let’s update the packages & repositories of Ubuntu 16.04 using below command.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update # Update Packages & Repositories
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
After updating the Packages & Repositories now we have to download the Remarkable best markdown editor Linux app from it’s official website. So use the below command to download the same.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ wget http://remarkableapp.github.io/files/remarkable_1.87_all.deb # Download Package
--2018-01-20 20:06:51-- http://remarkableapp.github.io/files/remarkable_1.87_all.deb
Resolving remarkableapp.github.io (remarkableapp.github.io)... 151.101.1.147, 151.101.65.147, 151.101.129.147, ...
Connecting to remarkableapp.github.io (remarkableapp.github.io)|151.101.1.147|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 76486 (75K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘remarkable_1.87_all.deb’
remarkable_1.87_all.deb 100%[=====================================================================================>] 74.69K 232KB/s in 0.3s
2018-01-20 20:06:52 (232 KB/s) - ‘remarkable_1.87_all.deb’ saved [76486/76486]
As you can see below I have already downloaded the Remarkable editor app .deb package. Refer the output below.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ ls -l remarkable_1.87_all.deb # Downloaded Package
-rw-rw-r-- 1 elinuxbook elinuxbook 76486 Aug 21 2016 remarkable_1.87_all.deb
Now we are ready to install the Remarkable best markdown editor Linux app. So use the below command to install the same.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -i remarkable_1.87_all.deb # Install the Remarkable Package
Selecting previously unselected package remarkable.
(Reading database ... 174198 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack remarkable_1.87_all.deb ...
Unpacking remarkable (1.87) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of remarkable:
remarkable depends on python3-markdown; however:
Package python3-markdown is not installed.
remarkable depends on gir1.2-webkit-3.0; however:
Package gir1.2-webkit-3.0 is not installed.
remarkable depends on wkhtmltopdf; however:
Package wkhtmltopdf is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package remarkable (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160824-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.48.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
remarkable
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As you can see above during installation Remarkable editor app is asking for some dependencies. So to install required dependencies use the below command.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install -f # Install Dependencies
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-3.0 gir1.2-webkit-3.0 libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 libwebkitgtk-3.0-common python3-markdown python3-pygments python3-yaml wkhtmltopdf
Suggested packages:
python-markdown-doc ttf-bitstream-vera
The following NEW packages will be installed:
gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-3.0 gir1.2-webkit-3.0 libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 libwebkitgtk-3.0-common python3-markdown python3-pygments python3-yaml wkhtmltopdf
0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 461 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 10.7 MB of archives.
After this operation, 47.5 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y ---> Enter 'y' to continue the installation
As you can see above we have successfully installed the Remarkable best markdown editor Linux app. Now to confirm the same use the below command.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -l remarkable # Confirm the installed Package
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-====================================-=======================-=======================-=============================================================================
ii remarkable 1.87 all A free fully featured markdown editor.
Now to open the application just type the command remarkable on shell prompt. Refer the command below.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ remarkable # Open the Application
REMARKABLE EDITOR APP
You can also open the Remarkable editor application graphically using Search your computer box. Refer the snapshot below.
OPEN REMARKABLE BEST MARKDOWN EDITOR LINUX APPLICATION GRAPHICALLY
To uninstall the application use the below command.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -r remarkable # Uninstall the Remarkable best markdown editor Linux app
(Reading database ... 174723 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing remarkable (1.87) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.48.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160824-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
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