I think Im gonna dare to touch the terminal again tonight

I want to download notepad ++

Is that something I can search on the terminal like I did with the inkscape thing?

REMEMBER: I AM A BEGINNER. Don't try to help me with deep lore nerd linux language if you want to share your knowledge with me

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That is unfortunately not in our aegis to fix. Ultimately the only solution would be to remove all downloads from the website and force people to use their operating system properly. Much like most android apps are not available as a download, only via google store. Much as it annoys me personally.

And so it begins. I give you 9 months before you start compiling your own kernel.

Or did fedi's federation just not show me your tutorial?

Don't expect people to know what an "app manager is".

They need a link on a website that shows all the apps and that will do the job, end of story.

Any instructions needed are too many.

For so long as the distro's app manager is functioning correctly. Yes. If your app manager has gone mad, like @halla reported above, then all bets are off. Personally I'd try and figure out what's going on with that break as it sounds pretty serious.

I thought Ubuntu flavours were hostile to Flatpaks, preferring snaps. I don't recommend snap inkscape either btw; but this is why we do the PPA so folks in ubuntu land can get access to the latest stable release without waiting for flatpak, snap, or some other distribution disaster. Sorry about all this.

Inkscape 1.4.3 - GNU/Linux : Ubuntu : ppa | Inkscape

None - Personal Package Archive for Ubuntu

(inkscape.org)

Though thinking about it, it sounds like mint broke with ubuntu and went to flatpaks? Curious.

@Sylvhem @JenJen

So, to learn about `apt`, it would be
`man apt`.

There is also the `info` command, which sometimes contains more, or better structured information than the manual page.

And to search for a keyword in manual page's short descriptions, for instance if you don't know a command name, you can use the `apropos` command.

Can you please vet if this advice is still true? I think the first comment is the right approach.

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If the store has a button that says "Install", it should install. Not give instructions.

(Mind, I do not use Mint, but Kubuntu, but this was supposed to be universal, wasn't it?)

I would like to reinforce the recommendation against using the AppImage for production use. We in the Inkscape project are well aware of the limitations and have it as a format useful for testing fixes while in development, and as a last ditch effort when everything else fails for your BSD or linux distro. etc.

@JenJen

Without telling people how to use those "repos", and without telling people why you are advising against using the project-provided, signed, safe download, you're just confusing people.

Was this from the PPA or are the repos up to date these days for 1.4.3?

@not_a_label @Madagascar_Sky

Go to https://inkscape.org/release/1.4.3/gnulinux/
then download the AppImage,
open its download location in your file manager,
right click on it
open its Properties
Select the permissions tab
Tick the Allow executing file as a program box
Close the window
Double click on the AppImage file to run it

(I'm on a slightly different Debian-descendent OS, but I think this is the right set of steps for Mint - apologies if I'm off about the location of permissions, but it should be enough to get you there with a bit of observation)

Also, oops, accidentally used the lewd account to discuss Linux.

There are other options, like flathub, or your distro repo, but those are more complicated.