Plainpad is a simple and light Windows-based text editor that is ideal for taking notes or creating text documents. If you want to use it on your POP! OS, this guide will show you how to install it.
Go to Alex Tselegidis's website at https://alextselegidis.com/get/plainpad/ and download the Plainpad ZIP file.
Once the download is complete, extract the contents of the ZIP file to your preferred location.
Plainpad is a Windows-based application, and to run it on Linux, we need to install Wine.
Open the terminal window and run the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install wine
Navigate to the Plainpad folder that you extracted earlier using the terminal window. Right-click and select "Open in Terminal."
In the terminal window, run the following command:
wine plainpad.exe
This will launch the Plainpad installer. Follow the on-screen prompts to install Plainpad on your system.
Once Plainpad is installed, you can launch it by running the following command in the terminal window:
wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Plainpad/plainpad.exe
Alternatively, you can create a desktop shortcut for Plainpad by right-clicking on the desktop, selecting "Create Launcher," and filling in the necessary details.
That's all there is to it! You have successfully installed Plainpad on your POP! OS with the help of Wine. Enjoy the simplicity and lightness of this text editor!
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