Installing Writing on Manjaro

Writing is a simple and lightweight text editor that aims to provide a distraction-free writing environment. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Writing on Manjaro.

Prerequisites:

• Manjaro installed on your system
• A user account with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before installing Writing, we need to install some dependencies. Open a terminal window and run the following command:

sudo pacman -S libxkbcommon-x11 qt5-base

This command will install the libxkbcommon-x11 package and the Qt5 framework, which are required to run Writing.

Step 2: Download Writing

Next, we need to download Writing from the official website. Open a web browser and go to the following link: https://josephernest.github.io/writing/

Click on the "Download" button to download the latest version of Writing as a .zip file.

Step 3: Extract the Archive

Once the download is complete, navigate to the download directory in your terminal and extract the archive using the following command:

unzip writing-X.X.X.zip

Replace "X.X.X" with the actual version number of Writing that you downloaded.

This will create a new directory called writing-X.X.X in your current directory.

Step 4: Install Writing

Navigate to the extracted directory using the following command:

cd writing-X.X.X

To install Writing, run the following command:

sudo make install

Writing should now be installed on your system.

Step 5: Launch Writing

To launch Writing, open a terminal window and run the following command:

writing

You should now see Writing's user interface.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Writing on Manjaro. With Writing installed, you can now enjoy a distraction-free writing environment on your Manjaro system.