Savepad is a text editor that comes with a lot of features to make your work easier. It is the perfect tool for any programmer or writer who needs a simple yet powerful text editor. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Savepad on Void Linux.
Before you can install Savepad, you need to make sure that you have installed all the required dependencies on your system. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo xbps-install -S libxcb-devel libxkbcommon-devel xcb-util-keysyms-devel xcb-util-wm-devel libxft-devel
This command will install all the necessary dependencies that Savepad needs to run.
Next, you need to clone the SavePad repository from GitHub. You can do this by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/shelltr/textpad.git
This command will clone the SavePad repository on your system.
Once you have the SavePad repository on your system, navigate to the directory using the following command:
cd textpad
Once you are in the directory, you can build and install SavePad using the following commands:
make
sudo make install
The make command will build the source code, and the sudo make install command will install SavePad on your system.
To verify that SavePad is installed correctly, you can run the following command:
textpad
This command will launch SavePad on your system, and you can start using the application to edit text files.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed SavePad on Void Linux. You can now use this powerful text editor to create and edit text files on your system.
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