How to: Install/Update FocusWriter 1.5.4 on Ubuntu or Linux Mint via PPA
FocusWriter 1.5.4 is released, Install on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS) and Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana
FocusWriter is a simple, distraction-free writing environment. It utilizes a hide-away interface that you access by moving your mouse to the edges of the screen, allowing the program to have a familiar look and feel to it while still getting out of the way so that you can immerse yourself in your work. It’s available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X, and has been translated into many different languages.
Optional, to remove focuswriter, do:
Download for Mac OSX
The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.
FocusWriter is a simple, distraction-free writing environment. It utilizes a hide-away interface that you access by moving your mouse to the edges of the screen, allowing the program to have a familiar look and feel to it while still getting out of the way so that you can immerse yourself in your work. It’s available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X, and has been translated into many different languages.
Features:
- TXT, basic RTF, and basic ODT file support
- Timers and alarms
- Daily goals
- Fully customizable themes
- Typewriter sound effects (optional)
- Auto-save (optional)
- Live statistics (optional)
- Spell-checking (optional)
- Multi-document support
- Sessions
- Portable mode (optional)
- Translated into over 20 languages
- Relax version check of ZIP to handle broken ZIP files
- Remove deprecated code for unsupported Mac OS X versions
- Switch to static builds for Windows
- FIXED: Broken shortcut for disabling focused text in Windows
- FIXED: Word count did not handle dashes correctly
- FIXED: Did not use correct line endings in Windows
- FIXED: Incorrectly sized icon for daily progress
- FIXED: Crash when importing themes
- Translation updates: Esperanto, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian
Install/Update FocusWriter 1.5.4 on Ubuntu or Linux Mint via PPA :
To Install/Update FocusWriter 1.5.4 on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems
The latest FocusWriter builds are available via some third party PPA, so installing it is easy. All you need to do is add the PPA to your system, update the local repository index and install the focuswriter package. Like this:
The latest FocusWriter builds are available via some third party PPA, so installing it is easy. All you need to do is add the PPA to your system, update the local repository index and install the focuswriter package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gottcode/gcppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install focuswriter
Optional, to remove focuswriter, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove focuswriter
Download for Mac OSX
The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.
