No notes editor? [Solved]

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danielson · #1 Post by **danielson** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 4:38 pm

Sure, we can always add extensions to browsers in order to access Microsoft notes or Google Keep ones, but what about a separate note editor for MX KDE?

Simplenote has been a staple for many years and it is nowhere to be found.

Joplin, CherryTree and Zim are making the headlines but none of these are on MX Package Installer... hum!

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Update: [Solved] 'cause CherryTree (as per post in this thread) is effectively in repo.

#2 Post by **marex** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:31 pm

I was already asking to add Joplin to MX repo couple of times with no avail. It is currently the best open source notepad in the market. Especially when it comes to work on many different operating systems. It is fantastic to have all the notes available on Linux, iPhone and Windows at the same time.

Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:35 pm

Cherrytree needs a dependency which is not in Buster's repositories.

What I did to install Cherrytree in BunsenLabs (It should also work in MX Linux):

1) Edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list: Add this:

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#Added this temporarily to get [cherrytree+python-gtksourceview2/python-appindicator] working
deb http://debian.saix.net/ stretch main #Added this temporarily - should be set to your closest mirror

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sudo apt update

2) Install wget and Cherrytree dependencies.

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sudo apt install wget python-dbus python-chardet python-enchant libcanberra-gtk-module libgtksourceview2.0-0 libgtksourceview2.0-common python-cairo python-gobject-2 python-gtk2 python-numpy

3) Download python-gtksourceview2.

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wget http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/pygtksourceview/python-gtksourceview2_2.10.1-3_amd64.deb

4) Install python-gtksourceview2.

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sudo dpkg -i python-gtksourceview2_2.10.1-3_amd64.deb

5) Maybe you also need to install this:

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sudo apt install -y python-gtksourceview2 libgtksourceview2.0-0 libgtksourceview2.0-common

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sudo apt update

6) Dowload the .deb from https://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/

Open terminal in the Download folder and:

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sudo dpkg -i cherrytree_0.39.4-0_all.deb

7) Edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list: Remove Stretch's repository (the lines we added in step 1).

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sudo apt update

danielson · #4 Post by **danielson** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:47 pm

@pierrelepetitsuisse - Do have much respect for CherryTree and i'm sure what you posted will be greatly appreciated.

But i've been a long time SimpleNote user (actually CintaNotes which syncs to S.N.) and do have an inclination to Joplin (especially since it too has Android capabilities just as S.N. does), so i do hope to hear similar reports on how to get either of these working with MX KDE.

#5 Post by **sunrat** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:49 pm

danielson wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2020 4:38 pm Joplin, CherryTree and Zim are making the headlines but none of these are on MX Package Installer... hum!

Zim is in the Debian repos so definitely installable in MX. Try Synaptic if you can't find it in MXPI. I use it a lot and it is excellent.

#6 Post by **anticapitalista** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 6:12 pm

cherrytree is also in MX repos

http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/pool/main/c/cherrytree/

#7 Post by **Jerry3904** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 6:13 pm

Isn't cherry tree in the MX test repo? On my phone ATM, can't check.

#8 Post by **Jerry3904** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 6:13 pm

Oops, anti is ahead of me by 3 ms

#9 Post by **Buck Fankers** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:23 pm

danielson wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:47 pm ...and do have an inclination to Joplin (especially since it too has Android capabilities just as S.N. does), so i do hope to hear similar reports on how to get either of these working with MX KDE.

Just curious, if you tried their preferred way of install, posted on their guthub? (just to be on a safe side, create snapshot before you do)

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wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/laurent22/joplin/master/Joplin_install_and_update.sh | bash

Quote:

If it works with your distribution (it has been tested on Ubuntu, Fedora, and Mint; the desktop environments supported are GNOME, KDE, Xfce, MATE, LXQT, LXDE, Unity, Cinnamon, Deepin and Pantheon), the recommended way is to use this script as it will handle the desktop icon too

https://github.com/laurent22/joplin

Impressive stats, almost 18,000 stars on github and 273 contributors. MIT licence. Code is frequently being updated. This one, looks like, has a future. Thanks for mentioning it.

I'm using Cherry Tree and I'm at the age, when it is too hard to learn new tricks, but I may give it a look also.

danielson · #10 Post by **danielson** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:34 pm

Just spotted now CherryTree in stable repo.
Probably just did a quick check at basic "popular applications".

@Buck Fankers - like you, it's hard to learn new tricks.
Was always hoping CintaNotes could work with WineTricks someday.
But that looks like it ain't going to happen anytime soon.

Joplin is my next bet, especially since it is free across the board.
Have tested it a bit. Just not enough to make it my default.

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