Ok, this morning I was reading about KompoZer, a WYSIWYG web page editor for Linux. I”m currently using Quanta, but it’s all manual entering of HTML/PHP/etc. KompoZer Looked promising, with a Dreamweaver style interface, so I went into my Synaptic package manager and searched for it. Nadda. Not in my list of available apps from the repositories. So, let’s download and install it manually with gdebi. I use gdebi instead of gdeb because gdebi will detect any dependancies and fix/install those as needed when installing new software on a Debian system – thank you falco. Alright, enough intro, let’s get this installed so we can check it out this cool software!

First download the latest deb package of KompoZer to your Desktop.

Next, open up your Terminal as Super User (su). I usually just select Applications | System Tools | Terminal Program – Super User Mode

Enter your su password. Now, lets install the package with gdebi by entering gdebi plus the path to the downloaded file at the command line. Press the Enter key to begin the install.

gdebi /home/your_home_folder_name/Desktop/name_of_file_you_downloaded

See an example of my entry at the command line and the name /location of the downloaded file – click the image to enlarge. Remember, Unix/Linux based system are case sensitive, so Desktop has to be capitalized in your command line.

Now you will see gdebi unpacking the file and checking for dependancies. It will display the author’s description of the package. And it will ask if you want to install KompoZer. Enter Y and press the Enter key.

Now it will do the actual install. When it’s done, and Terminal returns to the command prompt, type logout to exit Terminal. Click image for a larger screenshot:

That’s it! Kompozer is now installed! I found the icon for it under Applications | Internet.

Now, how to use it, right?! From the fine folks on the sourceforge forums for this app, sessileoak posted some links to two guides. Check them out here:

And for everything you ever needed for installing, setting up, and building the perfect debian lenny system can be found in this awesome tutorial by falco on the How To Forge site. Many thanks to falco – all kudos and good karma to you for your great instruction.