How to Install Writing on FreeBSD Latest

Writing is an open-source tool that helps writers and developers to edit or create documents based on Markdown. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Writing on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

Step 1: Update Packages

The first step is to update the packages on the system. This can be done using the following command:

sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade

Step 2: Install Required Packages

Writing requires some packages to be installed on the system. To install the necessary packages, run the following command:

sudo pkg install rust cargo node

Once the installation is completed, verify the installed version of Rust and Node with the following commands:

rustc --version
node --version

Step 3: Download Writing

You can download Writing directly from the official GitHub repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/josephernest/writing.git

Once the download is complete, navigate into the downloaded directory:

cd writing

Step 4: Install Writing

To install Writing, run the command:

sudo cargo install --path .

This command will build and install Writing on your system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps required to install Writing on FreeBSD Latest. Now that Writing is installed on your system, you can start creating and editing Markdown documents using Writing.

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