How to Install Trilium Notes on EndeavourOS Latest?

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Trilium Notes on EndeavourOS Latest. Trilium Notes is an open-source hierarchical note-taking application that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It has a rich set of features, including note tagging, searching, and encryption.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, please make sure that you have the following:

A working installation of EndeavourOS Latest.
A terminal application like the XFCE4 terminal or the GNOME terminal.
Internet connectivity to download the necessary packages.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Trilium Notes requires several packages to run. In this step, we will install these dependencies using the AUR (Arch User Repository) package manager.

Open your terminal application.
Update your package database:
```
sudo pacman -Syu
```
Install base-devel package group which includes commonly used programs for building and compiling software.
```
sudo pacman -S base-devel
```
Install git package to clone the Trilium Notes repository.
```
sudo pacman -S git
```
Install npm package to compile the application components.
```
sudo pacman -S npm
```

Step 2: Clone the Repository

In this step, we will clone the Trilium Notes repository from Github.

Change your current directory to your preferred location where Trilium Notes will be installed.
```
cd /opt/
```

Clone the repository:

sudo git clone https://github.com/zadam/trilium.git

Change to the Trilium Notes directory:
```
cd trilium
```

Step 3: Compile and Install Trilium Notes

In this step, we will compile the application components and then create a symlink to the executable to run the application.

Install the necessary npm packages:
```
sudo npm install
```
Build the executable:
```
sudo npm run build
```

Create a symlink:

sudo ln -s /opt/trilium/trilium /usr/bin/trilium

Step 4: Launch Trilium Notes

In this step, we will launch Trilium Notes and set up your first workspace.

To launch Trilium Notes, type the following command in your terminal:
```
trilium
```
A prompt will appear asking you to create a new workspace. You may choose to create one in a directory of your choosing or use the default.
After the workspace is created, the Trilium Notes application will start. You can start taking notes in the main window.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Trilium Notes on EndeavourOS Latest.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Trilium Notes on EndeavourOS Latest. Trilium Notes is a powerful note-taking application that allows you to organize your notes hierarchically and encrypt them for security. We hope that this tutorial has been helpful, and that you can start using Trilium Notes to boost your productivity.