Installing Writing on Linux Mint

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Writing on Linux Mint Operating System. Writing is a simple and beautiful text editor designed for creating, editing, and managing plain text files. It is accessible via a web browser and can be used on any platform that supports modern web standards.

Prerequisites

Before installing Writing on your Linux Mint system, you need to make sure that you have Google Chrome or any other modern web browser installed on your system.

You can follow the instructions below to install Google Chrome on Linux Mint:

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb 
sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

You will also need to have Git installed on your system. You can install Git on your system by running the following command:

sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install git

Once you have Git installed, you can proceed with the installation of Writing.

Installing Writing on Linux Mint

You can download the Writing package from the official website at https://josephernest.github.io/writing/.

Open the terminal and run the following commands one by one to download and install Writing:

git clone https://github.com/josephernest/writing.git 
cd writing && google-chrome index.html 

This will download Writing's Git repository and launch Writing on Google Chrome.

Now you can start using Writing by opening a new tab in your browser and typing in the following URL:

file:///path/to/writing/index.html

Here /path/to/writing is the path to the directory where you cloned the Writing repository.

You can also create a shortcut of Writing on your desktop for quick access.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered the steps required to install Writing on Linux Mint. Writing is a lightweight and easy-to-use text editor that can be used to create and organize plain text files efficiently. With Writing, you can focus on writing without any distractions.

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