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 AltLinux

Installing 1.0

Bluefish can be installed on Alt Linux 3.0, 4.0, 4.1, p5, 5.1 or Sisyphus.

The versions provided by our apt servers are:
Alt Linux 3.0 - 1.0
Alt Linux 4.0 - 1.0.5
Alt Linux 4.1 - 1.0.7
Alt Linux p5 - 1.0.7
Alt Linux 5.1 - 1.0.7
Alt Linux Sisyphus - 1.0.7

To install use:

apt-get install bluefish

or use synaptic or any other package manager.

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)

Installing 2.0

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.