CherryTree

A hierarchical note taking application, featuring rich text and syntax highlighting, storing data in a single XML or SQLite file. The project home page is giuspen.net/cherrytree.

Installation Guide

• Debian/Linux Mint/Ubuntu
• Arch Linux/Manjaro Linux
• Gentoo
• Fedora
• Opensuse
• MacOs
• Windows

Links on used libraries

https://www.gtkmm.org/en/documentation.shtml https://developer-old.gnome.org/gtkmm-tutorial/3.24/ https://developer-old.gnome.org/gtkmm/3.24/ https://developer-old.gnome.org/gtkmm/3.24/hierarchy.html

https://developer-old.gnome.org/gtksourceviewmm/stable/

https://developer-old.gnome.org/libxml++-tutorial/stable/ https://developer-old.gnome.org/libxml++/stable/

https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gspell https://developer-old.gnome.org/gspell/stable/

Build/Debug with Visual Studio Code on Linux

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux required installation of Extension "C/C++"

cd cherrytree
code .

Build with: Ctrl+Shift+B Debug with: F5

Build/Debug with Visual Studio Code using a container

It is possible to use a container as a full-featured development environment from VS Code. This works on any operating system that supports Docker.

1. Install the system requirements.
2. Open the project in VS Code.
3. (optional) Edit .devcontainer/devcontainer.json to set your DISPLAY environment variable and/or edit other settings. It is also possible to run the container on a remote Docker host, see the comment at the end.
4. Run the Remote-Containers: Open Folder in Container... command.
5. See previous section for Build and Debug instructions.

To create a debian package

./build.sh deb

Building Cherrytree on Ubuntu

Install dependencies:

sudo apt install build-essential cmake ninja-build libgtkmm-3.0-dev libgtksourceviewmm-3.0-dev libxml++2.6-dev libsqlite3-dev gettext libgspell-1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libuchardet-dev libfribidi-dev libvte-2.91-dev libfmt-dev libspdlog-dev
sudo apt install texlive-latex-base dvipng # optional for LatexBoxes support

Note: On Debian10 / Ubuntu 18.04 libfmt-dev and libspdlog-dev are not used since too old; bundled source code is built instead Get cherrytree source, compile and run:

git clone https://github.com/giuspen/cherrytree.git
cd cherrytree
git submodule update --init
./build.sh
./build/cherrytree

Install documentation:

sudo apt install devhelp libgtkmm-3.0-doc libgtksourceviewmm-3.0-doc libglibmm-2.4-doc libpangomm-1.4-doc libxml++2.6-doc libgspell-1-doc libvte-2.91-doc

devhelp

xdg-open /usr/share/doc/libgtkmm-3.0-doc/reference/html/index.html
xdg-open /usr/share/doc/libgtksourceviewmm-3.0-doc/reference/html/index.html
xdg-open /usr/share/doc/libglibmm-2.4-doc/reference/html/index.html
xdg-open /usr/share/doc/libpangomm-1.4-doc/reference/html/index.html
xdg-open /usr/share/doc/libxml++2.6-doc/reference/html/index.html
xdg-open /usr/share/doc/libgspell-1-dev/html/index.html

Building Cherrytree on Arch

Install dependencies:

sudo pacman -S gtksourceviewmm libxml++2.6 gspell uchardet fmt spdlog

Get cherrytree source, compile and run:

git clone https://github.com/giuspen/cherrytree.git
cd cherrytree
git submodule update --init
./build.sh
./build/cherrytree

Building Cherrytree on Gentoo

Build and Install cherrytree:

sudo emerge cherrytree

Building Cherrytree on Fedora

Install dependencies:

sudo dnf install cmake ninja-build gcc-c++ gtkmm30-devel gtksourceviewmm3-devel gspell-devel libxml++-devel libcurl-devel uchardet-devel fmt-devel spdlog-devel vte291-devel
sudo dnf install texlive-scheme-basic texlive-dvipng # optional for LatexBoxes support

Get cherrytree source, compile and run:

git clone https://github.com/giuspen/cherrytree.git
cd cherrytree
git submodule update --init
./build.sh
./build/cherrytree

To create an rpm package

sudo dnf install rpm-build
./build.sh rpm

(OPTIONAL) Download Documentation

sudo dnf install gtkmm30-doc gtksourceviewmm3-doc glibmm24-doc glibmm24-doc libxml++-doc

(OPTIONAL) Open Documentation

xdg-open /usr/share/doc/gtkmm-3.0/reference/html/index.html
xdg-open /usr/share/doc/gtksourceviewmm-3.0/reference/html/index.html
xdg-open /usr/share/doc/glibmm-2.4/reference/html/index.html
xdg-open /usr/share/doc/pangomm-1.4/reference/html/index.html
xdg-open /usr/share/doc/libxml++2.6/reference/html/index.html

Building Cherrytree on OpenSuse

Install dependencies:

sudo zypper install cmake ninja gcc-c++ gtkmm3-devel gtksourceviewmm3_0-devel gspell-devel libxml++26-devel sqlite3-devel libcurl-devel libuchardet-devel fmt-devel spdlog-devel vte-devel

Get cherrytree source, compile and run:

git clone https://github.com/giuspen/cherrytree.git
cd cherrytree
git submodule update --init
./build.sh
./build/cherrytree

To create an rpm package

sudo zypper install rpm-build
./build.sh rpm

Building Cherrytree on MacOS

Cherrytree is now part of Homebrew!

brew update
brew install cherrytree

If for any reason you prefer to build it yourself, install dependencies:

brew install cmake ninja pkg-config python3 adwaita-icon-theme fmt gspell gtksourceviewmm3 libxml++ spdlog uchardet fribidi curl vte3
brew link icu4c --force
brew install --cask basictex
sudo tlmgr update --self
sudo tlmgr install dvipng

Get cherrytree source, compile and run:

git clone https://github.com/giuspen/cherrytree.git
cd cherrytree
git submodule update --init
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib/pkgconfig"
./build.sh
./build/cherrytree

Building Cherrytree on Windows

Install MSYS2: https://www.msys2.org/ (we cover here the packages for 64 bit installation)

Launch 'MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit' terminal (there are 3 different terminals, make sure it is 64-bit otherwise it will cause issues)

Run the following command multiple times there until there are no more updates:

pacman -Syuu

Install required packages to build cherrytree:

# toolchain, cmake, ninja
pacman -S --needed --noconfirm mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake mingw-w64-x86_64-ninja
# gtkmm3, gtksourceviewmm3, libxml++2.6, sqlite3
pacman -S --needed --noconfirm mingw-w64-x86_64-gtkmm3 mingw-w64-x86_64-gtksourceviewmm3 mingw-w64-x86_64-libxml++2.6 mingw-w64-x86_64-sqlite3
# gspell, curl, uchardet, fribidi, fmt, spdlog
pacman -S --needed --noconfirm mingw-w64-x86_64-gspell mingw-w64-x86_64-curl mingw-w64-x86_64-uchardet mingw-w64-x86_64-fribidi mingw-w64-x86_64-fmt mingw-w64-x86_64-spdlog
# latex, dvipng, gettext, git, nano
pacman -S --needed --noconfirm mingw-w64-x86_64-texlive-core mingw-w64-x86_64-gettext git nano

use native windows theme

mkdir /etc/gtk-3.0
nano /etc/gtk-3.0/settings.ini

[Settings]
gtk-theme-name=win32

console settings

nano ~/.bashrc

CHERRYTREE_CONFIG_FOLDER="C:/Users/${USER}/AppData/Local/cherrytree"
[ -d ${CHERRYTREE_CONFIG_FOLDER} ] || mkdir -p ${CHERRYTREE_CONFIG_FOLDER}
alias l="ls -lah --color"
alias g=git
bind '"\e[A":history-search-backward'
bind '"\e[B":history-search-forward'

Get cherrytree source, compile and run:

git clone https://github.com/giuspen/cherrytree.git
cd cherrytree
git submodule update --init
./build.sh
./build/cherrytree.exe

Troubleshooting:

• Cannot build: make sure to start 64-bit terminal
• Cannot build: remove cherrytree/build folder and start build.sh script again
• Cannot start cherrytree: you either have to run cherrytree from the msys2 mingw64 terminal or copy and replace cherrytree in cherrytree_0.99.X_win64_portable folder (downloaded from the site) by the new one, so dependencies are fulfilled