Plainpad is a simple text editor with a minimalist interface that is useful for taking notes or writing quick drafts. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Plainpad on EndeavourOS Latest.
To install Plainpad, we will use the terminal. To open the terminal, press ctrl+alt+t on your keyboard.
Before we can install Plainpad, we need to make sure that some dependencies are installed on our system. In the terminal, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S gtk3 libappindicator-gtk3
This will install the required dependencies for Plainpad.
Next, we need to download the Plainpad package from the official website. Open your web browser and go to https://alextselegidis.com/get/plainpad/ . Download the latest .tar.xz archive file.
Once the package is downloaded, navigate to the download location in the terminal. For example, if your downloads folder is in your home directory, you can use the following command:
cd ~/Downloads
To extract the package, run the following command:
tar -xf plainpad*.tar.xz
This will extract the Plainpad package in the current directory.
After the package is extracted, navigate into the extracted directory using the following command:
cd plainpad*
To install Plainpad, run the following command:
sudo make install
This will install Plainpad on your system.
To launch Plainpad, you can search for it in your application launcher or open your terminal and run the following command:
plainpad
This will launch the Plainpad text editor.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Plainpad on your EndeavourOS Latest system. You can now use Plainpad to take notes or write quick drafts.
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