In this article, we will learn How to install Xournal Note Taking App in ubuntu – The Best Note Taking App For Linux. Xournal is open-source notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal using a stylus application for the Linux operating system. This nice light weight application comes with some nice useful features. The Xournal note-taking application was initially developed by Denise Orox and it is a free application (GNU GPL) and runs on Linux (recent distributions) and other GTK+/Gnome platforms.
Follow the below steps to install Xournal Note Taking App in ubuntu – The Best Note Taking App For Linux:
Before starting the installation of the Xournal Note Taking App package let’s update the packages & repositories of Ubuntu using the below command.
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 Ign:3 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease Ign:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/aseman/desktop-apps/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease Hit:6 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease Get:7 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release [943 B] Get:8 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release.gpg [819 B] Hit:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/audio-recorder/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:10 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Now we are ready to install the Xournal Note Taking App package. so let’s go ahead and install Xournal Note Taking App package using the below command.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo apt-get install xournal Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following additional packages will be installed: libglade2-0 libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common The following NEW packages will be installed: libglade2-0 libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common xournal 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 117 not upgraded. Need to get 405 kB of archives. After this operation, 1,482 kB 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 libglade2-0 amd64 1:2.6.4-2 [44.6 kB] Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 libgnomecanvas2-common all 2.30.3-3 [3,958 B] Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 libgnomecanvas2-0 amd64 2.30.3-3 [84.3 kB] Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 xournal amd64 1:0.4.8-1build1 [272 kB] Fetched 405 kB in 2s (205 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package libglade2-0:amd64. (Reading database ... 188888 files and directories currently installed.)
As you can see above we have successfully installed the Xournal Note Taking App package. To confirm the same reference the below command.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo dpkg -l xournal 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 +++-==============-============-============-================================= ii xournal 1:0.4.8-1bui amd64 GTK+ Application for note taking
Now to open the Xournal Note Taking App just type the command xournal on shell prompt. Refer to the command below.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ xournal
You can also open the Xournal Note-Taking application graphically using search your computer box. Refer the snapshot below.
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How To Uninstall Xournal Note Taking App in Ubuntu ?
For any reason, if you don’t like Xournal Note Taking App and want to uninstall the application from your system using the following commands.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo dpkg -r xournal (Reading database ... 188972 files and directories currently installed.) Removing xournal (1:0.4.8-1build1) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.9-2) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3.18.04.1) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
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