How to Install Micro Editor on Elementary OS Latest

Micro is an open-source terminal-based text editor that enables fast and easy editing on your system. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Micro Editor on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start the installation process, make sure you have the following:

• A user account with sudo privileges on your system
• An internet connection

Step 1: Update your system

First, update your system packages to ensure that you have the latest updates by running:

sudo apt update

Step 2: Install Required Dependencies

Micro editor requires the build-essential and libconfig-dev packages. To install them, run:

sudo apt install build-essential libconfig-dev

Step 3: Download Micro editor

Now, you need to download the Micro editor source code from the official GitHub repository using the following command:

wget https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/archive/v2.0.10.tar.gz

Step 4: Extract and Install Micro

Extract the downloaded archive and move to the extracted directory using the following commands:

tar -xzf v2.0.10.tar.gz
cd micro-2.0.10/

Next, build and install Micro using the following commands:

make
sudo make install

This command installs Micro editor to your system.

Step 5: Verify the Micro Editor Installation

To verify that Micro editor is installed on your system, run the following command:

micro --version

This command will show you the version of the Micro editor installed on your system.

Conclusion

You have now successfully installed Micro editor on Elementary OS Latest. You can now use Micro to edit text files in the terminal. Make sure you keep the installation up to date by regularly checking on the official Micro editor GitHub repository for updates.

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