Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, BlueGriffon is an open-source WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) content editor, based on Mozilla’s Gecko engine, allowing the users to easily edit web pages, via an intuitive user interface.
The users can edit webpages in either the wysiwyg mode (in the graphical mode) and in the source mode where the html codes are displayed.
The latest version available is BlueGriffon 1.7.2, available in the below languages: English, Dutch, Finnish, French, Czech, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Traditional Chinese.
In this article I will show you how to install BlueGriffon 1.7.2 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Pinguy OS 12.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.
Because it is available via the GetDeb repository, installing BlueGriffon 1.7.2 on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and derivatives is easy. All you have to do is add the repository to your system, download and import the repository’s key, update the local repository index and install the bluegriffon package.
Follow the instructions for your system exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install BlueGriffon 1.7.2 on Ubuntu 14.04 and derivatives:
$ wget -q -O - http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu trusty-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install bluegriffon
Optional, to remove bluegriffon, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove bluegriffon
How to install BlueGriffon 1.7.2 on Ubuntu 12.04 and derivatives:
$ wget -q -O - http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install bluegriffon
Optional, to remove bluegriffon, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove bluegriffon
Great job! Installs Bluegriffon on my 14.04 😉
thank you for your positive feedback 😀
Yes. I could install bluegriffon with this article. But it crashes under Kubuntu 14.04 as soon as I try to pull down a menu.
But when I start it as root from a konsole (terminal) by typing: ./bluegriffon, it works normally.
Why that? Any trouble with file-rights?
most likely that’s a permission issue, yes.
Thanks for the tutorial (this one really worked out). But I have another problem, I’m leaving windows and simultaneously exploring ubuntu so I’m still used to the install routines which create icons at the end. My question is, now that I have this tool installed, how can I make it run?
the easiest way to do that is to open a terminal, type bluegriffon and hit enter.
Just wanted to take a minute or two of the hour or two you saved me to say, “Thank you for publishing such a complete and accurate tutorial.” Little documentation w/in the archive, or the source Website … only typing req’d, once arriving here? “terminal” ~;-)
thanks you very much
Thank you for your excellent contribution.
I have installed Bluegriffon: A genial App.
Thank you soooooo much.
Thank you!!! , it works on my Ubuntu 15
Well done.
that was most helpful. thank you.