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] yTo 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.
