Trilium Notes is a hierarchical note-taking application with focus on building large personal knowledge bases. The application is open-source and available on GitHub. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Trilium Notes on the latest version of POP! OS.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following requirements:
Open the Terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T or by searching for it in the Applications menu.
Update your system's repositories by executing the following command:
sudo apt update
Install some dependencies that are required to run Trilium Notes by executing the following command:
sudo apt install libxss1 libgconf-2-4 libasound2
Download the latest version of Trilium Notes from its GitHub repository using your web browser or execute the following command in the terminal:
wget https://github.com/zadam/trilium/releases/download/v0.47.10/trilium-linux-x64.tar.gz
Note: You should always check the latest version available on the Trilium Notes GitHub page and replace the URL accordingly.
Extract the downloaded archive by issuing the following command in the terminal:
tar -xzvf trilium-linux-x64.tar.gz
Move the extracted file to the opt directory on your system by executing the following command:
sudo mv Trilium /opt/
To create a shortcut to the application launcher on your system, execute the following command:
echo -e '[Desktop Entry]\nVersion=1.0\nType=Application\nName=Trilium\nIcon=/opt/Trilium/resources/app.asar.unpacked/assets/app-icon/png/512.png\nExec="/opt/Trilium/trilium"\nCategories=Application' | sudo tee /usr/share/applications/trilium.desktop
Finally, you can launch Trilium Notes by searching for it in the Applications menu or executing the following command in the terminal:
trilium
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Trilium Notes on POP! OS. With Trilium Notes, you can start building your own knowledge base and manage your notes and data more efficiently.
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