Linux

Install on Linux.

On Debian, Ubuntu and their derivatives the .deb package is the shortest path: one command installs the app, registers its APT repository, and hands future updates over to your system's normal update flow.

Install the .deb package

Recommended

For Debian 12 (Bookworm) or newer, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or newer, and derivatives such as Linux Mint or Pop!_OS.

Download and install it:

The package installs Tabula Rasa, adds its menu entry and icon, and registers the APT repository.
```
curl -fsSL -o tabula-rasa.deb https://downloads.tabularasa.cl/latest/linux-deb/download
sudo apt install ./tabula-rasa.deb
```
Use apt rather than dpkg to install Tabula Rasa. You can also download the .deb file directly.
Upgrade Tabula Rasa

The .deb registers the Tabula Rasa APT repository, so new releases arrive with your normal system updates. Upgrade with `apt`:
```
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
```

Prefer to add the repository yourself?

The .deb above writes the keyring and the sources.list entry for you during installation. If you'd rather do that by hand — or you already have Tabula Rasa installed some other way and just want apt to take over updates — these four commands are the same thing, done manually:

sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo curl -fsSL https://deb.tabularasa.cl/apt/tabula-rasa-archive-keyring.gpg \
  -o /etc/apt/keyrings/tabula-rasa.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/tabula-rasa.gpg] https://deb.tabularasa.cl/apt stable main" \
  | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tabula-rasa.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install tabula-rasa

Any other distribution: the AppImage

Not on a Debian-family system? The AppImage runs anywhere with glibc 2.35 or newer, needs no root and installs nothing. It keeps itself up to date through the app's own updater, and you can delete it by deleting the file.

Download .AppImage

Make it executable, then run it:
```
chmod +x tabula-rasa-*.AppImage
```
Then run the AppImage by double-clicking it in your file manager, or from a terminal.

Want it in your applications menu too, with a real icon? The AppImage alone won't add itself (that's what the .deb does for you) — this does it by hand:

mkdir -p ~/.local/bin ~/.local/share/applications ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
mv tabula-rasa-*.AppImage ~/.local/bin/tabula-rasa.AppImage
curl -fsSL https://downloads.tabularasa.cl/assets/img/favicon.svg \
  -o ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/tabula-rasa.svg
cat > ~/.local/share/applications/tabula-rasa.desktop <<EOF
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Tabula Rasa
Comment=A blank slate for your data
Exec=$HOME/.local/bin/tabula-rasa.AppImage %F
Icon=tabula-rasa
Categories=Office;Utility;
Terminal=false
EOF

Uninstalling

Uninstall:

sudo apt remove tabula-rasa

Remove the repository too, if you want it gone:

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tabula-rasa.list \
  /etc/apt/keyrings/tabula-rasa.gpg
sudo apt update

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