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How to install Micro Text Editor on linuxmint-18.03

To install Micro Text Editor on linuxmint-18.03
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 and many more.


Installation

Download the micro text editor application using the following command.

linuxhelp ~ # wget https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/releases/download/v1.4.0/micro-1.4.0-linux64.tar.gz
--2018-06-14 07:15:43--  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
Location: https://github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com/53632140/867d581e-020d-11e8-82fa-7816dc052297?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256& X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20180613%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request& X-Amz-Date=20180613T131632Z& X-Amz-Expires=300& X-Amz-Signature=f319930960a2053df138c10c81a20323a2dfb3a8b067962742d3466188454879& X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host& actor_id=0& response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dmicro-1.4.0-linux64.tar.gz& response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream [following]
--2018-06-14 07:15:44--  https://github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com/53632140/867d581e-020d-11e8-82fa-7816dc052297?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256& X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20180613%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request& X-Amz-Date=20180613T131632Z& X-Amz-Expires=300& X-Amz-Signature=f319930960a2053df138c10c81a20323a2dfb3a8b067962742d3466188454879& X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host& actor_id=0& response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dmicro-1.4.0-linux64.tar.gz& response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream
Resolving github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com (github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com)... 52.216.163.11
Connecting to github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com (github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com)|52.216.163.11|: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.gz 100%[======================================> ]   3.71M  1001KB/s    in 4.8s    
2018-06-14 07:15:50 (798 KB/s) - ‘ micro-1.4.0-linux64.tar.gz’  saved [3893929/3893929]

After downloading the file, extract it by running the following command.

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

Switch to the extracted directory

linuxhelp ~ # ls
micro-1.4.0  micro-1.4.0-linux64.tar.gz
linuxhelp ~ # cd micro-1.4.0/
linuxhelp micro-1.4.0 # ls
LICENSE  LICENSE-THIRD-PARTY  micro  README.md

Now run the following command to launch the application

linuxhelp micro-1.4.0 # ./micro

The micro text editor application

With this, the method to install Micro Text Editor on linuxmint-18.03 comes to an end.

Tag : Linux Mint
FAQ
Q
How Can I contribute even if I don't know Go?
A
Yes! You can help by creating colorschemes or syntax files or by improving the documentation. If you know Lua you can write plugins.
Q
Can micro support the Command key on Mac?
A
Unfortunately terminals don't send key events for the Command key so it's impossible for micro to make keybindings for it.
Q
Does micro support Vi keybindings?
A
No, if you want to use Vim then use Vim.
Q
Any other method for installing this tool on linux?
A
You can install it using snap command on linux as follows,
snap install micro --classic
Q
Suggest me some good tools for Mac?
A
Try the following alternative as "vile, CudaText , slap, GNU Emacs.".