How to Install MiniNote on Arch Linux

MiniNote is a lightweight note-taking app for Linux, and it's free and open-source. It's available on GitHub, and here's how you can install it on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before you start installing MiniNote, ensure that your Arch Linux is up-to-date by executing

sudo pacman -Syu

Also, you'll need Git to download the installation files from GitHub. If you don't already have Git installed, run

sudo pacman -S git

Installing Dependencies

MiniNote requires a few dependencies to be installed. Execute the following command to install them.

sudo pacman -S cmake gcc qt5-base qt5-tools make

Building MiniNote

Now, download the MiniNote source code via Git by running this command.

git clone https://github.com/muety/mininote.git

This will make a local copy of the code repository in which the MiniNote program is stored. Next, navigate into the mininote folder by executing

cd mininote

Now, you can start building MiniNote by running

mkdir build

cd build

cmake ..

make

Once the program has been built, you can install it to your Arch Linux system by

sudo cp mininote /usr/local/bin

Using MiniNote

You can use MiniNote by opening a terminal and running

mininote

The program will launch, and you'll be ready to start taking notes.

That's how you install MiniNote on Arch Linux!

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