How to install Zim Text editor in Ubuntu
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Installation of Zim Text editor in Ubuntu
Zim is a graphical text editor advised to maintain a collection of locally stored wiki-pages. Wiki-page contains text with links to other wiki-pages, attachments, simple formatting, and images. Zim is programmed in Python using GTK+ libraries. Installation of Zim Text editor in Ubuntu is explained in this manual.
Feature
- Supports all forms of Multimedia contents.
- Possess a direct Links to other pages
- Supports Tagging system
- Multi-documents tabs can be accessed.
- Auto-saving per character option.
- Cursor position memory for every notes
- Tasks/Todo list interface.
- Lightweight text mark-up system.
To install Zim package
Run the following command to add the Zim package repositories by using PPA.
root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:jaap.karssenberg/zim
This is the repository for new releases of the Zim Desktop Wiki (http://zim-wiki.org)
More info: https://launchpad.net/~jaap.karssenberg/+archive/ubuntu/zim
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp15mqst_0/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp15mqst_0/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key 8F7DF243 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmp15mqst_0/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 8F7DF243: public key " Launchpad PPA for Jaap Karssenberg" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK
After adding the repositories update the machine.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease [65.9 kB]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net wily InRelease
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates InRelease [65.9 kB]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Sources [55.8 kB]
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. Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en
Fetched 1,910 kB in 24s (79.4 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Once the update is done, start installing the Zim package.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install zim
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libgtkspell0 python-gobject-2 python-gtk2 python-gtkspell python-support
Suggested packages:
python-gobject-2-dbg python-gtk2-doc bzr graphviz scrot dvipng
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Setting up python-gtkspell (2.25.3-13) ...
Setting up python-support (1.0.15) ...
Setting up zim (0.65~ubuntu15.10.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for python-support (1.0.15) ...
Run the following command to check the version of Zim.
root@linuxhelp:~# zim -v
zim 0.65
Copyright 2008 - 2015 Jaap Karssenberg < jaap.karssenberg@gmail.com>
To launch Zim Text editor
Execute the below command to open the Zim text editor.
root@linuxhelp:~# zim
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