Installation
Requirements
In its bid for minimalism, Textadept also needs very little to run. In fact, the only thing it needs is GTK+ 2.0 >= 2.16 on Linux systems. GTK is already included in Windows and Mac OSX packages. Textadept also has its own version of Lua.
Note: for Win32 and Mac OSX, more than 3/4 of the download and unpackaged application sizes are due to GTK, the cross-platform GUI toolkit Textadept uses. Textadept itself is much smaller.
Linux
Most Linux systems already have GTK+ installed. If not, it is probably available through your package manager. Otherwise, compile and install it from the GTK+ website.
Mac OSX
Prior to 3.5, the GTK+ Mac OSX Framework was required. Newer versions are all-inclusive and do not require anything.
Note that Textadept is designed for Intel Leopard+ Macs.
Windows
Prior to 3.5, the GTK+ 2.0 Runtime was required. Newer versions are all-inclusive and do not require anything.
Download
Download Textadept from the project page. Select the appropriate package for your platform.
You can also download an official set of language-specific modules, but this is optional. The list of language modules in the package is contained here. Textadept includes C/C++ and Lua language modules by default.
Installation
Textadept is designed to be as easy as possible to install by any user. You do not need to have administrator privileges.
Linux
Unpack the archive anywhere. Run Textadept by running
/path/to/textadept_VERSION/textadept from the terminal. You can also create a
symlink to the executable in your PATH (e.g. /usr/bin) or make a GNOME, KDE,
XFCE, etc. button or menu launcher.
If you downloaded the set of language-specific modules, unpack it where you
unpacked the Textadept archive. The modules will be contained in
/path/to/textadept_VERSION/modules/.
Problems
It is difficult to provide a single binary that runs on all Linux platforms
since the versions of software installed vary widely from distribution to
distribution. Because the Linux version of Textadept uses the version of GTK
installed on your system, an error like: error while loading shared libraries:
<lib>: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory may occur when
trying to run the program.
The most common occurance of this error is for the libpng12 library on 64-bit
(x86_64) Debian and Debian-based Linux distributions like Ubuntu because
libpng12 has not been replaced in favor of the newer libpng14. If you are
experiencing this error, simply rename textadept.lpng12 to textadept. The
former has been compiled to use libpng12.
If the above situation did not apply to you, do not be alarmed. The solution is actually quite painless even though it requires recompiling Textadept. See the compiling page for more information.
Mac OSX
Unpack the archive and move textadept.app to your user or system
Applications directory like any other Mac OSX application. Run Textadept by
double-clicking textadept.app.
If you downloaded the set of language-specific modules, unpack it, right-click
textadept.app, select Show Package Contents, navigate to
Contents/Resources/modules, and copy the unpacked modules there.
Environment Variables
By default, GUI apps like Textadept do not utilize environment variables such as
PATH from your shell profile. Therefore, any modules that use
programs contained in PATH (e.g. the progams in /usr/local/bin/) for run and
compile commands will not be found. The solution is to follow the instructions
here to export
whichever environment variables you need. At the very least, set PATH to be
$PATH. You will have to logout and log back in for the changes to take effect.
Windows
Unpack the archive anywhere. Run Textadept by double-clicking textadept.exe.
You can also create shortcuts to the executable in your Start Menu, Quick Launch
toolbar, Desktop, etc.
If you downloaded the set of language-specific modules, unpack it where you
unpacked the Textadept archive. The modules will be contained in
textadept_VERSION\modules\.
