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How to Install Tea Editor on Ubuntu 16.04

To Install Tea Editor on ubuntu 16.04

Tea is open source text editor application written in C++ programming language. Its Graphical User Interface is developed in QT. It acts as a text editor and word processor for both Linux and Windows platforms. TEA is compact, configurable and is packed with so many handy features, and it consumes only about 500KB of memory. It is really so simple to install Tea editor and in this article the installation of Tea Editor on Ubuntu 16.04 is covered.

Features

  • Small and Light weight.
  • Checks spelling mistakes.
  • Inbuilt calendar and organizer.
  • Inbuilt zip or unzip.
  • Supports different kinds of image formats.
  • Inbuilt Image converter and resizer.
  • Drag-and-Drop supported for files.
  • Syntax of various programming languages are highlighted.

Installing Tea Editor

To begin with the installation procedure, update the repository in your system by using the following command. 

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/amigadave/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease               
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages [683 kB]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages [640 kB]
Fetched 1,629 kB in 14s (114 kB/s)                                               
Reading package lists... Done

And then, proceed with the installation with the help of the following command. 

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install tea-data
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  gnome-software-common libgtkspell3-3-0
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  antiword tea
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  antiword tea tea-data
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 601 not upgraded.
Need to get 694 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,232 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 antiword amd64 0.37-11 [127 kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 tea-data all 41.1.0-2 [49.4 kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 tea amd64 41.1.0-2 [518 kB]
Fetched 694 kB in 3s (174 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package antiword.
(Reading database ... 178398 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../antiword_0.37-11_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking antiword (0.37-11) ...
Selecting previously unselected package tea-data.
Preparing to unpack .../tea-data_41.1.0-2_all.deb ...
Unpacking tea-data (41.1.0-2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package tea.
Preparing to unpack .../tea_41.1.0-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking tea (41.1.0-2) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.7) ...
Processing 2 added doc-base files...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Setting up antiword (0.37-11) ...
Setting up tea-data (41.1.0-2) ...
Setting up tea (41.1.0-2) ...

Once the application is installed, you shall launch it from the search field of your Ubuntu dashboard. Simply search and find it. Click on the application icon that appears.

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The Tea application appears on your screen.

You can efficiently use the Tea editor by referring its manual.

With this the installation of Tea Editor gets over.

Tag : Tea Editor Ubuntu
FAQ
Q
How can I update the repository?
A
By using the following command:
# apt-get update
Q
What are the main features in Tea Editor on Ubuntu?
A
The features are,
Small and Lightweight.
Checks spelling mistakes.
Inbuilt calendar and organizer.
Inbuilt zip or unzip.
Q
What is Tea Editor on Ubuntu?
A
Tea is an open source text editor application written in C++ programming language. Its Graphical User Interface is developed in QT. It acts as a text editor and word processor for both Linux and Windows platforms. TEA is compact, configurable and is packed with so many handy features, and it consumes only about 500KB of memory.
Q
How to Install Tea Editor on Ubuntu/Fedora?
A
Runt the following command:
# apt-get install tea-data
Q
Is there any Alternative for Tea editor?
A
The alternatives are,
Notepadd+=,
Atom,
Sublime Text,
Visual Studio Code,
Vim