How to install mEdit on Ubuntu 17.04
To install mEdit on Ubuntu 17.04
mEdit is an open-source programming text editor used for Linux systems. It is packed with several advanced features such as highlighting options, configurable keyboard acceleration, search and replace option, and built-in file selector. If you are a developer who look for a comfortable environment to write code. It is so simple to install mEdit on Ubuntu 17.04, and in this article you are going to see about it.
Installing mEdit
It is essential to add the repositories before you begin with the installation process.
root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:anton+/miscellaneous Various system packages backport. More info: https://launchpad.net/~anton+/+archive/ubuntu/miscellaneous Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it gpg: keybox ' /tmp/tmp5env1w5r/pubring.gpg' created gpg: /tmp/tmp5env1w5r/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created gpg: key E058073A72B61DBF: public key " Launchpad PPA for Pascal Mons" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 OK
Once it is done, make sure you update them by running the following command.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/anton+/miscellaneous/ubuntu zesty InRelease [15.9 kB]
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inkscape.dev/stable/ubuntu zesty InRelease [15.4 kB]
Hit:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/rael-gc/scudcloud/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/anton+/miscellaneous/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages [7,528 B]
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/anton+/miscellaneous/ubuntu zesty/main i386 Packages [7,512 B]
Get:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/anton+/miscellaneous/ubuntu zesty/main Translation-en [4,392 B]
Get:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inkscape.dev/stable/ubuntu zesty/main i386 Packages [1,000 B]
Get:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inkscape.dev/stable/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages [1,004 B]
Get:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inkscape.dev/stable/ubuntu zesty/main Translation-en [692 B]
Fetched 53.4 kB in 5s (10.2 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Now is the time to install your application. Run the following command which triggers the installation process.
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 293 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://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 medit amd64 1.2.0-2 [1,226 kB]
Fetched 1,226 kB in 5s (241 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package medit.
(Reading database ... 173208 files and directories currently installed.)
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Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3+17.04.20170406-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.7) ...
Processing 2 added doc-base files...
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 (0.15-1) ...
mEdit has been installed. You shall now move to your Ubuntu dashboard to open your application
Configurable syntax highlighting.
Configurable keyboard accelerators.
Multiplatform - works on unix and windows.
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Notepad2
Started originally as a simple built-in editor component in GGAP, it grew up to a real text editor.