How to Install Trilium Notes on Linux Mint Latest

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

Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Open the web browser on your Linux Mint computer.
  2. Visit the following website: https://github.com/zadam/trilium
  3. Click on the green “Clone or Download” button on the right side of the web page.
  4. Select “Download ZIP” option to download the Trilium Notes ZIP file.
  5. Wait for the Trilium Notes ZIP file to download.
  6. Once the download is complete, open the terminal by pressing the “Ctrl + Alt + T” keys simultaneously.
  7. 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.

  1. Once the package installation is complete, navigate to the directory where you downloaded the ZIP file.
  2. 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.

  1. Navigate to the unzipped directory by typing the following command in the terminal:
cd trilium-notes-master
  1. 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.

  1. 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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