How To Install Micro Text Editor On Linuxmint 19

How To Install Micro Text Editor On Linuxmint 19

Process

Check the linuxmint version by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	LinuxMint
Description:	Linux Mint 19 Tara
Release:	19
Codename:	tara

Download the micro text editor using wget command

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/releases/download/v1.4.0/micro-1.4.0-linux64.tar.gz
--2019-10-28 05:55:29--  http://wget/
Resolving wget (wget)... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address ‘wget’
--2019-10-28 05:55:29--  https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/releases/download/v1.4.0/micro-1.4.0-linux64.tar.gz
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 13.234.210.38
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|13.234.210.38|: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%2F20191027%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20191027T185554Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=7515f97d0a6961b0a9e678090150f75f13e50eff512f3630d939f8c7bc08bf15&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]
--2019-10-28 05:55:30--  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%2F20191027%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20191027T185554Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=7515f97d0a6961b0a9e678090150f75f13e50eff512f3630d939f8c7bc08bf15&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)... 52.216.186.179
Connecting to github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com (github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com)|52.216.186.179|: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   977KB/s    in 4.4s    

2019-10-28 05:55:35 (870 KB/s) - ‘micro-1.4.0-linux64.tar.gz’ saved [3893929/3893929]

FINISHED --2019-10-28 05:55:35--
Total wall clock time: 6.0s
Downloaded: 1 files, 3.7M in 4.4s (870 KB/s)

Extract the micro text editor using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# tar -xvf 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

Enter into the micro directory

root@linuxhelp:~# cd micro-1.4.0/

Run the following command to execute the micro text editor

root@linuxhelp:~/micro-1.4.0# ./micro

This is the micro text editor This is the method to install micro text editor on linuxmint 19 and the tutorial comes to an end