Install on Arch Linux

Arch User Repository (AUR)

Alternatively there also is an official package for QOwnNotes on AUR, it is called qownnotes.

Synchronize your package database and install the package with yay:

yay -S qownnotes

Tips

If you want to speed up build time you may want to read CCACHE and AUR.

pacman

Add the following lines to your /etc/pacman.conf with sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf:

[home_pbek_QOwnNotes_Arch_Extra]
SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
Server = http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/pbek:/QOwnNotes/Arch_Extra/$arch

Run the following shell commands to trust the repository:

wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/pbek:/QOwnNotes/Arch_Extra/x86_64/home_pbek_QOwnNotes_Arch_Extra.key -O - | sudo pacman-key --add -
sudo pacman-key --lsign-key F2205FB121DF142B31450865A3BA514562A835DB

If the command sudo pacman-key --lsign-key F2205FB121DF142B31450865A3BA514562A835DB fails with a message like: ERROR: FFC43FC94539B8B0 could not be locally signed., you could first find out the actual keyid of the downloaded key, i.e. with the command (and output):

gpg /path/to/downloaded/home_pbek_QOwnNotes_Arch_Extra.key
gpg: WARNING: no command supplied.  Trying to guess what you mean ...
pub   rsa2048 2019-07-31 [SC] [expires: 2021-10-10]
      F2205FB121DF142B31450865A3BA514562A835DB
uid           home:pbek OBS Project <home:[email protected]>

You can now synchronize your package database and install the package with pacman:

sudo pacman -Syy qownnotes

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Tips

Of course you can also use this repository with other Arch Linux based distributions, like Manjaro.

Tips

If QOwnNotes logs Could not write secret to keychain, install the missing Secret Service packages and restart your desktop session.

For GNOME and other Secret Service based desktops:

sudo pacman -S gnome-keyring libsecret seahorse

For KDE Plasma:

sudo pacman -S kwalletmanager kwallet

QOwnNotes will fall back to legacy encryption if the desktop keychain is unavailable.