How to install Medit in Debian 8.3
How to install Medit in Debian 8.3
MEdit (MooEdit) is an open-source programming and around-programming text editor. It is suitable for the developers who are looking for a comfortable environment to write code. In this article we will show you how to install Medit on Debian 8.3.
Installation procedure
To install the Medit, enter the sources.list command in the terminal.
root@linuxhelp:~# nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Now add these lines at end of the file and,
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian jessie main
After adding the lines, save and exit the file.
Next enter the command to update the apt sources-list in the target system.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease [145 kB]
Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie InRelease
Get:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release.gpg [2,373 B]
Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release [148 kB]
Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main amd64 Packages [6,776 kB]
Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable InRelease
Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Sources [15.5 kB]
Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Sources [32 B]
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [7,408 B]
Get:8 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib amd64 Packages [32 B]
Get:9 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Translation-en [14 B]
Get:10 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex [2,704 B]
Get:11 http://ftp.debian.org stable Release.gpg [2,373 B]
Get:12 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 2017-03-14-2025.02.pdiff [526 B]
Get:13 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 2017-03-14-2025.02.pdiff [526 B]
Get:14 http://ftp.debian.org stable Release [148 kB]
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Fetched 23.4 MB in 4min 18s (90.7 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Now install the Medit package by using the install command.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install medit
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
medit
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 264 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,207 kB of archives.
After this operation, 6,266 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main medit amd64 1.2.0-1 [1,207 kB]
Fetched 1,207 kB in 14s (81.9 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package medit.
(Reading database ... 136761 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../medit_1.2.0-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking medit (1.2.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58) ...
Setting up medit (1.2.0-1) ...
After installing the package click on Activities in Debian and type the package name in the search bar to run the mEdit application.
Wasn' t that an easy installation procedure?. mEdit is designed with highlighting features, search and replace option and built-in file selector.
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