Installing ReText

General instructions

Usually, all you have to do to install ReText, is:

1. Install Python 3.

2. Install pip for python3:

   $ sudo apt install python3-pip
   

3. Run this command:

   $ python3 -m pip install ReText --user
   

(The --user argument is needed for local installations, drop it and run the command as a superuser if you want to install ReText system-wide).

For users of Linux distributions

If ReText is available in your system repository, install it from there.

For example, on Debian or Ubuntu, run:

# apt install retext

Note that the version provided by the distro isn't necessarily the latest version provided here.

For users of Windows and macOS

Note: these systems are in no way officially supported. Use ReText there at your own risk.

On Windows, pip will also install a retext.bat file to make it easier to run ReText.

There is also an unofficial portable app available for Windows.