Trilium Notes is a hierarchical note-taking application that allows users to organize their notes in a hierarchical structure. This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on installing Trilium Notes on Linux Mint Latest.
Prerequisites
- A computer running Linux Mint Latest.
- A web browser installed on the computer.
- A version of Trilium Notes from the following website: https://github.com/zadam/trilium
Step-by-Step Guide
- Open the web browser on your Linux Mint computer.
- Visit the following website: https://github.com/zadam/trilium
- Click on the green “Clone or Download” button on the right side of the web page.
- Select “Download ZIP” option to download the Trilium Notes ZIP file.
- Wait for the Trilium Notes ZIP file to download.
- Once the download is complete, open the terminal by pressing the “Ctrl + Alt + T” keys simultaneously.
- Type the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install build-essential libgtk-3-dev
This command installs the essential packages required to compile the Trilium Notes source code.
- Once the package installation is complete, navigate to the directory where you downloaded the ZIP file.
- Unzip the Trilium Notes ZIP file by typing the following command in the terminal:
unzip trilium-notes-master.zip
This command unzips the Trilium Notes ZIP file into a directory with the same name.
- Navigate to the unzipped directory by typing the following command in the terminal:
cd trilium-notes-master
- Compile and install Trilium Notes by typing the following commands in order, in the terminal:
qmake
make
sudo make install
The 'qmake' command generates a makefile from the Trilium Notes source code, the 'make' command compiles the source code and the 'sudo make install' command installs the application.
- Once the installation is complete, type 'trilium-notes' in the terminal to open Trilium Notes.
That’s it! You have successfully installed Trilium Notes on your Linux Mint Latest computer.
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