In this article, we will learn How to install Remarkable Editor in Ubuntu 18.04 – The Best Markdown Editor for Linux. It is remarkable that open source is the best markdown editor written for Linux applications and mostly for software developers. This is a lightweight, user-friendly and rich text editor for Linux and one of the best Github syntax format applications. These are major operating systems, e.g. Linux is a cross-platform application available for Microsoft Windows. You can download its source code and customize the great Marcendown Editor Linux app.
Follow the below steps to install Remarkable Editor in Ubuntu 18.04 – The Best Markdown Editor for Linux:
Before starting the installation of Remarkable Editor, update the package and repository of Ubuntu 18.04 using the command given below.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo apt-get update [sudo] password for itsmarttricks: Ign:1 cdrom://Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20180725) bionic InRelease Err:2 cdrom://Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20180725) bionic Release Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs Hit:3 http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease Ign:4 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease Hit:5 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic InRelease
After updating the Packages & Repositories now we have to download the Remarkable Editor from its official website. So use the below command to download the same.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ wget http://remarkableapp.github.io/files/remarkable_1.87_all.deb --2019-04-21 13:09:46-- http://remarkableapp.github.io/files/remarkable_1.87_all.deb Resolving remarkableapp.github.io (remarkableapp.github.io)... 185.199.109.153, 185.199.111.153, 185.199.110.153, ... Connecting to remarkableapp.github.io (remarkableapp.github.io)|185.199.109.153|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 76486 (75K) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: ‘remarkable_1.87_all.deb’ remarkable_1.87_all 100%[===================>] 74.69K --.-KB/s in 0.09s 2019-04-21 13:09:46 (813 KB/s) - ‘remarkable_1.87_all.deb’ saved [76486/76486]
As you can see below I have already downloaded the Remarkable Editor App .deb package. Refer to the output below.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ ls -l remarkable_1.87_all.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 itsmarttricks itsmarttricks 76486 Feb 23 05:04 remarkable_1.87_all.deb
Now we are ready to install the Remarkable Editor App package. So let’s go ahead and install the same using below command.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo dpkg -i remarkable_1.87_all.deb Selecting previously unselected package remarkable. (Reading database ... 214051 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack remarkable_1.87_all.deb ... Unpacking remarkable (1.87) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of remarkable: remarkable depends on python3-markdown; however: Package python3-markdown is not installed. remarkable depends on python3-bs4; however: Package python3-bs4 is not installed. remarkable depends on gir1.2-webkit-3.0; however: Package gir1.2-webkit-3.0 is not installed. remarkable depends on wkhtmltopdf; however: Package wkhtmltopdf is not installed. dpkg: error processing package remarkable (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3.18.04.2) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.56.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Errors were encountered while processing: remarkable
As you can see above during the installation, the remarkable editor app is asking for some dependencies. So use the following command to install the necessary dependencies.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: breeze-icon-theme calligra-data calligra-libs calligrasheets calligrastage calligrastage-data calligrawords calligrawords-data fonts-lato fonts-lyx javascript-common karbon libgsl23 libgslcblas0 libjs-jquery libkchart2 libkchart2-l10n libkf5kdelibs4support-data libkf5kdelibs4support5 wkhtmltopdf 0 upgraded, 12 newly installed, 0 to remove and 90 not upgraded. 50 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 12.0 MB/47.7 MB of archives. After this operation, 141 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 python3-markdown all 2.6.9-1 [53.7 kB] Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 python3-bs4 all 4.6.0-1 [67.8 kB]
As you can see above we have successfully installed the Remarkable Editor package. Now to confirm the same use the below command.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo dpkg -l remarkable Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-============-============-================================= iU remarkable 1.87 all A free fully featured markdown ed
To open the Remarkable Editor application just type the command remarkable on shell prompt. Refer to the command below.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ remarkable
You can also open the Remarkable Editor graphically using search your computer box. Refer to the snapshot below.
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How To Uninstall Remarkable Editor in Ubuntu 18.04?
For any reasons, if you don’t like Remarkable Editor and want to uninstall the application from your system using the following command.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo dpkg -r remarkable (Reading database ... 214626 files and directories currently installed.) Removing remarkable (1.87) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.56.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3.18.04.2) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
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