How to Install Trilium Notes on Debian Latest

Trilium Notes is a hierarchical note-taking application with focus on building large personal knowledge bases. It is developed by zadam and is licensed under the MIT license.

In this tutorial, we will explain the steps to install Trilium Notes on the Debian Latest distribution.

Prerequisites

Before starting, ensure that your system meets the following requirements:

  • A running Debian Latest distribution
  • Internet connection
  • sudo or root privileges

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

Trilium Notes requires some dependencies to run. To install these dependencies, open a terminal window and execute the following command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

sudo apt-get install -y xdg-utils libgtk-3-0 libx11-xcb1 libasound2 libxtst6 libnss3 libxss1 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libxkbcommon0 libgbm1 libgtk-3-0 libasound2 libglib2.0-bin libgl1-mesa-glx

The above command will update the package list and then install the required dependencies.

Step 2: Download and Extract Trilium Notes

To download Trilium Notes, go to the official GitHub page and download the latest version of Trilium Notes in tarball or zip format.

Alternatively, you can also use the following command to download Trilium Notes:

wget https://github.com/zadam/trilium/releases/download/v0.47.10/trilium-linux-x64.tar.gz

Next, extract the downloaded file using the following command:

tar -zxvf trilium-linux-x64.tar.gz

This command will extract the downloaded file to a folder named trilium-linux-x64.

Step 3: Run Trilium Notes

Once the installation and extraction process is complete, navigate to the extracted folder using the following command:

cd trilium-linux-x64

Now execute the following command to start Trilium Notes:

./Trilium

Trilium Notes will start and you can start creating new notes and exploring the various features of the application.

Conclusion

We have explained the steps to install Trilium Notes on the Debian Latest distribution. With this application, you can create and manage your notes and knowledge base efficiently.