How to Install Savepad on EndeavourOS Latest

Savepad is a text editor that is perfect for those who are looking for a fast and efficient editor. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Savepad on EndeavourOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure that you have the following:

Step 1 - Installing Dependencies

Savepad requires the following dependencies to be installed:

You can install these dependencies by running the following command in your terminal:

sudo pacman -S libgtk-3-dev libglib2.0-dev libxml2-dev libyaml-dev asciidoc

Step 2 - Cloning Savepad from Github

Now that we have the dependencies installed, we can clone Savepad from Github by running the following command in your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/shelltr/textpad.git

This will create a new directory called "textpad" in your current directory.

Step 3 - Building Savepad

After cloning Savepad, go to the "textpad" directory by running the following command in your terminal:

cd textpad

We can now build Savepad by running the following command:

make

This may take a few minutes depending on the speed of your system.

Step 4 - Installing Savepad

After building Savepad, we can install it by running the following command:

sudo make install

This will install Savepad on your system.

Step 5 - Launching Savepad

Savepad should now be installed on your system. You can launch it by running the following command:

savepad

Alternatively, you can launch it from the applications menu in your desktop environment.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Savepad on EndeavourOS Latest. You can now use Savepad to edit text files on your system.

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