Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, RedNotebook is a journal app, with calendar support. Among others, it allows the users to add taggs, use bold and italic caracters, has support for images, spell check features, automatic saving and backup functions, and many others. The latest version available is RedNotebook 1.8.1, which has been released recently, coming with small improvements for Linux:
- Do not show new version dialog if latest version cannot be determined
- Fix date formatting for invalid locale encodings.
In this article I will show you how to install RedNotebook 1.8.1 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, 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, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Deepin 2014, Peppermint Five and other Ubuntu derivative systems.
Because it is available via PPA, installing RedNotebook 1.8.1 on the listed Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, Deepin, LXLE, Linux Lite, Pepprmint and Elementary OS systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the rednotebook package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rednotebook/stable
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install rednotebook
Optional, to remove rednotebook, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove rednotebook