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How to Install Kate text editor on Linux mint 18.03

To Install Kate on Linux mint 18.03
Kate is a powerful text editor that supports Syntax highlighting for a wide range of programming languages. It is a lightweight and easy to use a text editor. You can work with multiple files simultaneously. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of kate on linuxmint 18.03.

Installation
Let' s first start with updating the system repositories

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                   
Hit:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                
Ign:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease                                           
Hit:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release                                             
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [109 kB] 
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [107 kB]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [107 kB]
Fetched 323 kB in 2s (158 kB/s)                              
Reading package lists... Done

Install the Kate text editor application.

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get install kate
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done

The following additional packages will be installed:
  kate5-data kinit kio ktexteditor-data ktexteditor-katepart libdbusmenu-qt5 libfam0 libgit2-24
  libhttp-parser2.1 libjs-underscore libkf5activities5 libkf5archive5 libkf5attica5 libkf5auth-data
  libkf5auth5 libkf5bookmarks-data libkf5bookmarks5 libkf5calendarevents5 libkf5codecs-data
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Setting up kio (5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up libkf5newstuff-data (5.18.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libkf5newstuff5:amd64 (5.18.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libkf5threadweaver5:amd64 (5.18.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up kate (4:15.12.3-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3) ...

Once Installation is done you can access the application from the Menu as shown here

kate text editor application.

The version of kate text editor.

With this, the method to install kate text editor on Linuxmint 18.03 comes to an end.

Tag : Text Editor Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa
FAQ
Q
where to open the kate application after installation in linuxmint?
A
Once Installation is done you can access the application from the Menu
Q
what is the purpose of installing kate in linuxmint?
A
Kate is a powerful text editor that supports Syntax highlighting for a wide range of programming languages. It is a lightweight and easy to use a text editor. You can work with multiple files simultaneously.
Q
How to install kate text editor on ubuntu?
A
use the following link to get the installationm of kate text editor in ubuntu

https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-kate-17-12-3-on-ubuntu-18-04/
Q
Is there any alternative of kate text editor?
A
the alternative of kate text editor are,

Notepad++

Atom

Sublime Text
Q
how to remove kate text editor application?
A
use the following command to remove the kate text editor
# apt-get remove kate