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How to Install Rednotebook in Ubuntu 16.04

To Install Rednotebook in Ubuntu 16.04

RedNotebook is a modern journal software with calendar support. It is created to allow the user to add tags, bold and italic characters and also supports for images, spell check features etc. Installation of Rednotebook in Ubuntu 16.04 is explained in this article.

Features

  • Links and mail addresses recognized automatically
  • #Hashtags
  • Live-Search
  • Automatic saving
  • Backup to zip archive
  • Export the journal to PDF, HTML, Latex or plain text
  • Translated into more than 30 languages

Additional Features

  • Add option
  • Remove support for Python 2.6

Installation of Rednotebook

Before install rednotebook software, add repository by using below command.

user1@user1:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rednotebook/stable
[sudo] password for user1: 
 This PPA contains packages for stable RedNotebook versions.

Installation instructions for the terminal

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rednotebook/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rednotebook

Alternatively you can add ppa:rednotebook/stable to your system' s Software Sources in the Ubuntu Software-Center.
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~rednotebook/+archive/ubuntu/stable
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpc6mnw6jx/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpc6mnw6jx/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key 7AFEC43D from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpc6mnw6jx/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 7AFEC43D: public key " Launchpad PPA for Rednotebook"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

Run the following command to update the added repository.

user1@user1:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/rednotebook/stable/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [95.7 kB]
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/rednotebook/stable/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [552 B]
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/rednotebook/stable/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [552 B]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/rednotebook/stable/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [312 B]
Hit:8 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Fetched 115 kB in 1s (69.0 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

Now install the RedNotebook package with below command.

user1@user1:~$ sudo apt-get install rednotebook
[sudo] password for user1: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 libwebkitgtk-1.0-common python-cairo python-chardet
  python-enchant python-gi python-gobject python-gobject-2 python-gtk2 python-gtkspellcheck python-pkg-resources
 python-webkit python-yaml
.
.
Setting up python-webkit (1.1.8-3.1) ...
Setting up python-yaml (3.11-3build1) ...
Setting up rednotebook (1.13-0~201606171816~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

To open the installed package, type rednotebook in the terminal as given below.

user1@user1:~$ rednotebook

Default ‘ example’ page of RedNotebook will appears.

Click Format Monospace and start working with Rednotebook.

Tag : Rednotebook
FAQ
Q
Does Rednotebook have a markdown support ?
A
unfortunately, Rednotebook missing with `markdown` support.
Q
What is the latest Version of Rednotebook ?
A
The latest Release is 2.5 version for Rednotebook .
Q
Can I password-protect my RedNotebook?
A
Password protection or encryption are not built into RedNotebook.
Instead you'll have to use an external tool like encFS or TrueCrypt.
Q
Cannot install RedNotebook on Ubuntu 17.04 from Stable PPA - when I attempt to choose RNB to install - in Synaptic appear error window:

"Depend: python-yaml but it is not installed
Depend: How to rectify this?
A
New version that doesn't need python-webkit. You could
try the pre-release version from the daily builds PPA.
Q
Can we sync red notebook across two laptops?
A
Yes, but you'll have to use external tools like Dropbox. See the
included help (Ctrl+H) for details.