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How to install Gitbook on linuxmint-18.03

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To install Gitbook on linuxmint-18.03
GitBook Editor is a cross-platform GUI application, and its primary function is to bring the workflow of GitBook to your desktop. the features of git book thought-out interface for editing the text, you can enter Markdown and work side by side with its live preview, integrated Git controls, a table of contents panel, a file tree panel, and quick formatting buttons for easy document structuring.

Installation

Download the Gitbook application using wget command as shown

linuxhelp ~ # wget http://downloads.editor.gitbook.com/download/linux-64-bit
--2018-06-23 15:14:36--  http://downloads.editor.gitbook.com/download/linux-64-bit
Resolving downloads.editor.gitbook.com (downloads.editor.gitbook.com)... 34.225.24.230, 52.1.35.184, 34.232.181.106, ...
Connecting to downloads.editor.gitbook.com (downloads.editor.gitbook.com)|34.225.24.230|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 42841838 (41M) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘ linux-64-bit’ 

linux-64-bit                100%[=========================================> ]  40.86M  1.05MB/s    in 70s     

2018-06-23 15:15:46 (599 KB/s) - ‘ linux-64-bit’  saved [42841838/42841838]

Install the Gitbook application using the gdebi command.

linuxhelp ~ # gdebi linux-64-bit 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done

GitBook Editor
 Write and publish books
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
Selecting previously unselected package gitbook-editor.
(Reading database ... 221223 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack linux-64-bit ...
Unpacking gitbook-editor (7.0.12) ...
Setting up gitbook-editor (7.0.12) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22+linuxmint1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...

Once Installation is done you can access the application from the Menu as shown here

menu

Log in to the Gitbook application or else signup
welcome_gitbook


gitbook

With this, the method to install Gitbook on linuxmint-18.03 comes to an end.

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

Where does GitBook store user data ?

A

All user data and content is stored in the US on Google Cloud.

Some content (e.g: HTML pages) may be cached by our CDN in other countries to improve end-user performance.

Q

Does the GitBook exports to PDF?

A

The new version of GitBook no longer supports exporting to PDF and other ebooks format. A lot of rich-content does not translate well from the Web to PDF. GitBook will expose a developer API

Q

How to use my previous GitBook.com account?

A

Yes, you can login using the same credentials you used on legacy.gitbook.com (email/password, Google or GitHub login).

Q

How to edit my content in Gitbook?

A

Any text editor should work! But we advise using the GitBook Editor. legacy.gitbook.com also provides a web version of this editor.

Q

Can I customize/theme the output in Gitbook?

A

Yes, both the website and ebook outputs can be customized using themes.

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