CentOS7.1 full introduction to Retext 5.0.2 Installation

CentOS7.1 full introduction to Retext 5.0.2 Installation

Original: pingyuan162 Date: 2015-05-13

Retext Introduction

MarkDown editor in Linux.

Official introduction:
ReText is a simple editor that reads your text with MarkDown or HTML markup and saves it as plain text, HTML or PDF.
It is written in Python using Qt libraries.

Download the installation package

Http://sourceforge.net/projects/retext/

This document downloads retext-5.0.2.tar.gz.

View README document

tar -zxvf ReText-5.0.2.tar.gzcd ReText-5.0.2vim README

According to the description of the README file, the following packages are required to run ReText:

• Python-version 3.2 or higher
• Pyqt5
• Python-markups
• Python-markdown-for Markdown language support
• Python-docutils-for reStructuredText language support
• Python-enchant-for spell checking support

Install the preceding package in sequence.

Install Python 3

The python3 package comes from the Nux Desktop repository. Configure the repository and install it through yum.

sudo rpm -ivh http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch.rpmsudo yum install python3 python3-devel python3-pip

Install PyQt5

PyQt5 requires a Qt5 package and a sip package. The Qt5 package can be installed from the epel repository yum.

Epel repository Configuration

 sudo rpm -ivh http://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm

Qt5 package installation

sudo yum install qt5\*

Sip Installation

• 1. Download

Http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyqt/files/sip/

• 2. Installation

  tar -zxvf sip-4.16.7.tar.gzcd sip-4.16.7python3 configure.pymakesudo make install

• 3. Possible Problems and Solutions

Siplib. c: 20: 20: Fatal error: Python. h: No file or directory

Cause: the python 3 Development Kit is missing.

Solution:sudo yum install python3-devel

Install PyQt5

• 1. Download

Http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyqt/files/PyQt5/

• 2. Installation

  tar -zxvf PyQt-gpl-5.4.1.tar.gzcd PyQt-gpl-5.4.1python3 configure.py -q /usr/bin/qmake-qt5 -d /usr/lib64/python3.3/site-packages/ --sip /usr/bin/sipmakesudo make install

• 3. Check whether the installation is successful.

  python3>>> import PyQt5>>> help(PyQt5)

Install other dependent packages

Install by using python3-pip commands:

sudo python3-pip install markups sudo python3-pip install markdown sudo python3-pip install docutilssudo python3-pip install pyenchant

Install Retext

cd ReText-5.0.2sudo python3 setup.py install

After installation, enter retext in the terminal to run the program.