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How to install Micro text editor in Ubuntu-18.04

To install Micro text editor in Ubuntu-18.04

Micro Text Editor's free and open source text editor application. It is an easy-to-use modern terminal based text editor used for Linux as well as other operating systems such as Windows, Mac OS X. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of micro text editor on Ubuntu 18.04.

Installation
Download the micro text editor package.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/releases/download/v1.4.0/micro-1.4.0-linux64.tar.gz
--2018-07-17 03:26:22--  https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/releases/download/v1.4.0/micro-1.4.0-linux64.tar.gz
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.113, 192.30.253.112
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.113|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
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Resolving github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com (github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com)... 52.216.16.176
Connecting to github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com (github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com)|52.216.16.176|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3893929 (3.7M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘;micro-1.4.0-linux64.tar.gz’;

micro-1.4.0-linux64.tar 100%[============================>]   3.71M  1005KB/s    in 4.7s    

2018-07-17 03:26:29 (801 KB/s) - ‘;micro-1.4.0-linux64.tar.gz’; saved [3893929/3893929]


Extract the download file.

root@linuxhelp:~# tar -zxvf micro-1.4.0-linux64.tar.gz 
micro-1.4.0/
micro-1.4.0/LICENSE
micro-1.4.0/README.md
micro-1.4.0/LICENSE-THIRD-PARTY
micro-1.4.0/micro

Now run the following command to launch the application.

root@linuxhelp:~# ls
FUDforum_3.0.9.zip  micro-1.4.0  micro-1.4.0-linux64.tar.gz
root@linuxhelp:~# cd micro-1.4.0
root@linuxhelp:~/micro-1.4.0# ls
LICENSE  LICENSE-THIRD-PARTY  micro  README.md
root@linuxhelp:~/micro-1.4.0# ./micro

Once Installation is done you can access the terminal from the Menu as shown here Micro text application. now, you can use this application.

With this, the method to install Micro text editor on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.

Tag : Text Editor Ubuntu
FAQ
Q
Is there any alternatives in the Micro-text editor?
A
The alternatives are,
Visual Studio Code
Vim
GNU Emacs
GNU nano
Q
How can I launch the Micro-text editor in Ubuntu?
A
How can I launch
# ls
Q
How to extract the downloaded file?
A
# tar -zxvf micro-1.4.0-linux64.tar.gz
Q
What is Micro text editor?
A
Micro Text Editor's free and open source text editor application. It is an easy-to-use modern terminal based text editor used for Linux as well as other operating systems such as Windows, Mac OS X.
Q
How can I download the Micro-text editor package?
A
Execute the following link:
# wget https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/releases/download/v1.4.0/micro-1.4.0-linux64.tar.gz