How to Install Ghost Writer in Ubuntu 16.04
To Install Ghost Writer in Ubuntu 16.04
Ghostwriter is a markdown and distraction free text editor created by John Gruber. It is an open source and supports custom CSS data-style sheets for HTML preview. Installation of Ghost Writer in Ubuntu 16.04 is explained in this article.
Features
- Full-screen mode
- Focus mode
- Theme creator
- Spell checker
- Live word counter
- MultiMarkdown
Installation of Ghost Writer
First add the repository files with below command to install Ghost Writer.
root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:wereturtle/ppa Ubuntu package archive for http://github.com/wereturtle/ More info: https://launchpad.net/~wereturtle/+archive/ubuntu/ppa Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpzycz258l/secring.gpg' created gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpzycz258l/pubring.gpg' created gpg: requesting key 9B3CCB19 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com gpg: /tmp/tmpzycz258l/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created gpg: key 9B3CCB19: public key " Launchpad PPA for wereturtle" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1) OK
Next update the added repository with following command.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/enlightenment-git/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [94.5 kB] Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [95.7 kB] Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gns3/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/me-davidsansome/clementine/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/mystic-mirage/komodo-edit/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/starws-box/deadbeef-player/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/unstable/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:10 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease Get:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wereturtle/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease [18.1 kB] Ign:12 https://www.arangodb.com/repositories/arangodb3/xUbuntu_16.04 InRelease Hit:13 https://www.arangodb.com/repositories/arangodb3/xUbuntu_16.04 Release Get:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wereturtle/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [624 B] Get:16 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wereturtle/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [620 B] Get:17 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wereturtle/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [524 B] Fetched 210 kB in 3s (56.7 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done W: https://www.arangodb.com/repositories/arangodb3/xUbuntu_16.04/Release.gpg: Signature by key 4497DA50FBD0158CCFD1996CEE611E131C42E360 uses weak digest algorithm (SHA1) root@linuxhelp:~#
Now run the below command to install the Ghost Writer.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install ghostwriter Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-4.4.0-21 linux-headers-4.4.0-21-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-28 linux-headers-4.4.0-28-generic linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic linux-image-4.4.0-28-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-21-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-28-generic . . . . Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Setting up libqt5concurrent5:amd64 (5.5.1+dfsg-16ubuntu7.1) ... Setting up ghostwriter (1.4.0-0ppa1~xenial1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ... root@linuxhelp:~#
To open the installed ghost writer text editor, run the below command.
root@linuxhelp:~# ghostwriter
Now the text editor will display as given below.
Then create new file by selecting File -> New options in menu bar.
Here type your contents as you wish.
After editing the content, save the file by selecting File -> Save As option in the menu bar.
Next select the location to save and then type file name. Then select file type and click Save option.
To change themes, select Settings -> Themes.
Here select your theme and click Close option.
Now the editor theme has been changed.
If you want to change font, select Settings -> Font option.
Here you can change your font data-style and size. Click OK option to save changes.