How to Install Meemo on OpenBSD

Meemo is a minimalistic Markdown editor for the desktop, available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Meemo on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

  • OpenBSD installed on your computer
  • Basic command-line knowledge

Step 1: Install the required dependencies

In order to install Meemo on OpenBSD, you need to make sure that the required dependencies are installed. These dependencies are:

  • py37-pyside2
  • qt5-tools

You can install these dependencies using the following command:

sudo pkg_add py37-pyside2 qt5-tools

This command will install the required dependencies on your OpenBSD system.

Step 2: Download the Meemo package

Next, you need to download the Meemo package from the official website. You can download the package from the following URL:

https://meemo.minimal-space.de/download/meemo_linux.tar.gz

Use the following command to download the package:

wget https://meemo.minimal-space.de/download/meemo_linux.tar.gz

Step 3: Extract the package

After downloading the Meemo package, you need to extract it to a suitable location. You can extract the package to the /opt directory using the following command:

sudo tar -xzf meemo_linux.tar.gz -C /opt

This command will extract the Meemo package to the /opt directory on your OpenBSD system.

Step 4: Create a symlink

In order to run Meemo from the command line, you need to create a symlink to the meemo binary file. To create the symlink, use the following command:

sudo ln -s /opt/meemo/meemo /usr/local/bin/meemo

This command will create a symlink to the meemo binary file in the /usr/local/bin directory on your OpenBSD system.

Step 5: Run Meemo

You can now run Meemo on your OpenBSD system using the following command:

meemo

This command will start Meemo and you can start working on your Markdown files.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Meemo, a minimalistic Markdown editor, on OpenBSD. Meemo is a great tool for anyone who needs a simple and efficient Markdown editor on their desktop.