Plainpad is a simple text editor that comes with some handy features. Here's how you can install it on Linux Mint Latest.
The first step is to download Plainpad from the official website. You can do this by navigating to https://alextselegidis.com/get/plainpad/ and clicking the "Download" button.
Once the download is complete, extract Plainpad by right-clicking on the downloaded file and selecting "Extract here" from the context menu.
Next, move the extracted Plainpad folder to the "Applications" folder. You can do this by opening the Terminal and typing the following command:
sudo mv plainpad-1.0.0 /opt/
This will move the Plainpad folder to the "/opt/" directory.
To create a shortcut for Plainpad, open the Terminal and type the following command:
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/plainpad.desktop
This will create a new file called "plainpad.desktop" and open it in the nano text editor.
Copy and paste the following lines into the nano text editor:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Plainpad
Exec=/opt/plainpad-1.0.0/plainpad
Icon=/opt/plainpad-1.0.0/plainpad.png
Type=Application
Categories=TextEditor;
Save the file by pressing "Ctrl+O" and then exit nano by pressing "Ctrl+X".
Plainpad requires the libgtk-3-0 library to run. If it is not already installed on your system, you can install it by typing the following command into the Terminal:
sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-0
You can now launch Plainpad by searching for it in the "Applications" menu or by running the following command in the Terminal:
plainpad
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Plainpad on Linux Mint Latest.
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