Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, CutePad is a text editor for Linux and Windows. It is an open-source mix between a text editor and a word processor, having support for images, links, hyperlinks, tables (unlike Notepad). Being created in Qt, it has an intuitive and colored interface, created to integrate good with Windows 8.1. The latest version available is CutePad 0.1. For more information about this, see the developer’s webpage.
In this article I will show you how to install CutePad 0.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Pinguy OS 14.04, Linux Mint 17 Qiana and Pinguy OS 14.04
Because it is not available via any repository or ppa, we have to install the needed dependencies, download the CutePad tar archive, extract it, set execution permissions on the installer and run it.
How to install CutePad 0.1 on 32 bit Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17, Elementary OS 0.3 and Pinguy OS 14.04 systems:
$ sudo apt-get install libqtgui4
$ wget serandibsoft.com/uploads/8/3/5/2/8352420/cutepad_linuxbuild_x86.tar
$ tar -xf cutepad_linuxbuild_x86.tar
$ cd CutePad_LinuxBuild_x86
$ sudo chmod +x CutePad-0.1-Linux-x86-Install
$ ./CutePad-0.1-Linux-x86-Install
How to install CutePad 0.1 on 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17, Elementary OS 0.3 and Pinguy OS 14.04 systems:
$ sudo apt-get install libqtgui4:i386
$ tar -xf cutepad_linuxbuild_x64.tar
$ sudo chmod +x CutePad-0.1-Linux-x86_64-Install
$ ./CutePad-0.1-Linux-x86_64-Install