Installing Bluefish

Installing Bluefish on Debian Linux 5.0 (Lenny)

Installing 1.0.x (current stable)

use

apt-get install bluefish
aptitude install bluefish

or synaptic or any other package manager

Installing 1.3.x (unstable)

add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list

deb     http://debian.wgdd.de/debian stable main contrib non-free

Then install the repository cryptographic key:

apt-get update
apt-get install wgdd-archive-keyring

apt-get install bluefish-unstable

Installing Bluefish on Ubuntu Linux (8.04 and newer)

Installing 1.0.x (current stable)

apt-get install bluefish

or any other frontend for the package manager such as aptitude, synaptic or simply "add / remove programs"

Installing 1.3.x (unstable)

add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list

deb     http://debian.wgdd.de/ubuntu jaunty main restricted universe multiverse

Then install the repository cryptographic key:

apt-get install wgdd-archive-keyring

apt-get install bluefish-unstable

Installing Bluefish on Fedora Linux

Installing 1.0.x (current stable)

yum install bluefish

Installing 1.3.x (unstable)

To get latest updates use the provided yum enabled repository on:

http://www.bennewitz.com/rpms/    Grab and install your matching release rpm from there.

As an alternative solution you can download the rpm from:

http://www.bennewitz.com/bluefish/devel/binaries/    manually and execute: 
$ yum localinstall <path/to/downloaded/rpm>.

Installing Bluefish on OpenSolaris

Installing 1.0.x (current stable)

search for bluefish in the package manager, select and click apply.

Installing Bluefish on Mac OS X

Installing 1.0.x ( Stable )

Install Macports.

Run from Terminal.app

sudo port install bluefish

Installing 2.0.x ( Release Candidate )

Install Macports.

Run from Terminal.app

sudo port install bluefish-devel

Installing Bluefish on Windows XP/Vista/7 (32 bit)

download the installer from the main download server http://www.bennewitz.com/bluefish/stable/binaries/win32/

The installer needs internet access because it will download gtk and spell checking dictionaries for you.