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How to install Pluma text editor on linuxmint-18.03

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To install Pluma text editor on linuxmint-18.03
Pluma is a fork of gedit and the default text editor of the MATE desktop environment used in Linux distributions.


Installation

Let' s first start with updating the system repositories

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease                                   
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease                                     
Hit:4 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                    
Ign:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease                                          
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease        
Hit:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release
Reading package lists... Done

Install the pluma text editor application using the following command.

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get install pluma -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  pluma-common
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  pluma pluma-common
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 368 not upgraded.
Need to get 2,955 kB of archives.
After this operation, 15.1 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia/backport amd64 pluma-common all 1.18.3-1+sonya [2,474 kB]
Get:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia/backport amd64 pluma amd64 1.18.3-1+sonya [482 kB]
Fetched 2,955 kB in 8s (359 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package pluma-common.
(Reading database ... 223980 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../pluma-common_1.18.3-1+sonya_all.deb ...
Unpacking pluma-common (1.18.3-1+sonya) ...
Selecting previously unselected package pluma.
Preparing to unpack .../pluma_1.18.3-1+sonya_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking pluma (1.18.3-1+sonya) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.48.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22+linuxmint1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Setting up pluma-common (1.18.3-1+sonya) ...
Setting up pluma (1.18.3-1+sonya) ...

Once Installation is done you can access the application from the Menu as shown here
Snap1

Pluma text editor application.
Snap2

The version of pluma text editor.
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With this, the method to install Pluma text editor on linuxmint-18.03 comes to an end.

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

how to source installation in pluma text editor?

A

run the following steps,
gzip -cd mate-text-editor.tar.gz | tar xvf -
cd mate-text-editor
./autogen.sh
make
make install

Q

is thyere any alternative of pluma text editor?

A

Geany
Atom
SublimeText (non-free software) and much more.

Q

How can I install mate-text-editor-plugins in Pluma?

A

Run the following command,
~/Desktop/mate-text-editor-plugins-master/plugins $ ./configure --with-plugins=all
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

Q

Does it comes by defaut Pluma text editor?

A

Yes at the mate dektop environmnet

Q

what is the stable repository of pluma?

A

run the following command,
# add-apt-repository ppa:embrosyn/xapps

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