HOW TO INSTALL BOOSTNOTE MARKDOWN NOTE TAKING SOFTWARE IN UBUNTU 16.04 – A BEST OPEN SOURCE NOTE TAKING APP FOR LINUX
HOW TO INSTALL BOOSTNOTE MARKDOWN NOTE TAKING SOFTWARE IN UBUNTU 16.04 – A BEST OPEN SOURCE NOTE TAKING APP FOR LINUX
Introduction
In this article we are going to learn How to install boostnote markdown note taking app in Ubuntu 16.04. boostnote is a open source note taking application mainly designed for developers. This application designed using electron framework technology. As compared to other note taking application boostnote is a lightweight app and consumes less memory. boostnote markdown note taking app can be useful for any generation of peoples either you are a student, programmer, working for any company or anything else.
Now let’s have a look at features of boostnote open source note taking app :
- Boostnote markdown note taking app is a cross platform application available for major operating systems i.e. Linux, Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Arch Linux.
- It’s also available for mobile operating systems i.e. Android, ios.
- Boostnote supports 100+ programming languages i.e. Python, Java, HTML…etc…
- Automatically saves the document Immediately as you writes. This feature is helpful in case of accidentally halt of the system.
- Categorize your created notes by different tags in Boostnote markdown note taking app.
Follow the below steps to install Boostnote markdown note taking software in Ubuntu 16.04 – A best open source note taking app for Linux
Before start the installation of Boostnote markdown note taking app let’s update the packages & repositories of Ubuntu 16.04 using below command.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update # Update Packages & Repositories
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]
Fetched 306 kB in 2s (139 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
After update the packages & repositories now we have to download the package from official website. So use the below command to download the same.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ wget https://github.com/BoostIO/boost-releases/releases/download/v0.8.19/boostnote_0.8.19_amd64.deb --2017-12-25 03:10:47-- https://github.com/BoostIO/boost-releases/releases/download/v0.8.19/boostnote_0.8.19_amd64.deb Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.255.113, 192.30.255.112 Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.255.113|:443... connected. . . Saving to: ‘boostnote_0.8.19_amd64.deb’ boostnote_0.8.19_amd64.deb 100%[=====================================================================================>] 44.89M 451KB/s in 1m 51s 2017-12-25 03:12:40 (415 KB/s) - ‘boostnote_0.8.19_amd64.deb’ saved [47071000/47071000]
Here I have already downloaded the Boostnote open source note taking .deb package. Refer the output below.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ ls -l boostnote_0.8.19_amd64.deb # Downloaded Package
-rw-rw-r-- 1 elinuxbook elinuxbook 47071000 Dec 22 19:39 boostnote_0.8.19_amd64.deb
Now we are ready to install the boostnote markdown note taking app. So let’s go ahead and install the same using below command.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -i boostnote_0.8.19_amd64.deb # Install Boostnote Package
Selecting previously unselected package boostnote.
(Reading database ... 174270 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack boostnote_0.8.19_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking boostnote (0.8.19-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of boostnote:
boostnote depends on git; however:
Package git is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package boostnote (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160824-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
boostnote
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As you can see above during installation Boostnote open source note taking app is asking for dependencies. Hence to install the required dependencies use the below command.
Note : Below command will install both Boostnote Package & required dependencies.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install -f # Install required dependencies 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: libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 libwebkitgtk-1.0-common Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following additional packages will be installed: git git-man liberror-perl Suggested packages: git-daemon-run | git-daemon-sysvinit git-doc git-el git-email git-gui gitk gitweb git-arch git-cvs git-mediawiki git-svn The following NEW packages will be installed: git git-man liberror-perl 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 452 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 3,857 kB of archives. After this operation, 25.6 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y ---> Enter 'y' to continue the installation
As you can see above we have successfully installed the Boostnote markdown note taking app and all required dependencies. To confirm the same refer the below command.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -l boostnote # Confirm the installed Package
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 boostnote 0.8.19-1 amd64 Boostnote
Now to open the application just type the command boostnote on shell prompt. Refer the command below.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ boostnote # Open the application
After open the Boostnote markdown note taking app for the first time the below screen will come in front of you. Here you just have to select a path where you want to store all your data. Refer the snapshot below.
SELECT BOOSTNOTE DATA STORAGE PATH
Boostnote open source note taking App :
BOOSTNOTE MARKDOWN NOTE TAKING SOFTWARE
You can also open the Boostnote open source note taking app graphically using Search your computer box. Refer the snapshot below.
OPEN BOOSTNOTE OPEN SOURCE NOTE TAKING APP GRAPHICALLY
To uninstall the application use the below command.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -r boostnote # Uninstall the Boostnote application
(Reading database ... 219949 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing boostnote (0.8.19-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160824-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
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