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How To install Medit On PopOS

To Install Medit On PopOS
Medit is an open-source programming and around-programming text editor. It is packed with several advanced features such as highlighting options, configurable keyboard acceleration, search and replace option, and built-in file selector. It is suitable for the developers who are looking for a comfortable environment to write code. It is so simple to install MEdit on PopOS and this tutorial covers the ground on the same process.

Installing Medit

Let' s begin with updating the system repository and for that, you need to run the following command. 

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/system76/pop/ubuntu artful InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful InRelease               
Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security InRelease        
Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates InRelease      
Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done


After updating the system repository you can Install Medit using the following command. 

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install medit -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  medit
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 225 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,226 kB of archives.
After this operation, 6,350 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe amd64 medit amd64 1.2.0-2 [1,226 kB]
Fetched 1,226 kB in 3s (313 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package medit.
(Reading database ... 194035 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../medit_1.2.0-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking medit (1.2.0-2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3) ...
Setting up medit (1.2.0-2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-1) ...

Now the application is completely installed on your machine and in order to open, go to activities, and type medit. It shows the application icon, click on the icon to open it.

Medit is now launched.

With this, the method to install Medit on PopOS comes to an end.

Tag : mEdit Pop OS
FAQ
Q
What is the command to install medit on popos?
A
The command to install medit on popos is

#apt-get install medit -y
Q
What is medit & its purpose?
A
Medit is an open-source programming and around-programming text editor. It is packed with several advanced features such as highlighting options, configurable keyboard acceleration, search and replace option, and built-in file selector.
Q
What are the alternative for MEdit??
A
The alternative for this
gedit.
Geany.
Komodo Edit
the alternative for MEdit are
Notepad2
Tomboy
Q
How to remove Medit application?
A
To remove Medit application
run the command as follow
"# apt-get remove medit".
Q
what are the features in medit application?
A
The features in medit application are

Configurable syntax highlighting.
Configurable keyboard accelerators.
Multiplatform - works on unix and windows.
Plugins: can be written in C, Python, or Lua.