Last Site Update: 03 September 2020 | Stable Version: 5.6.0

 
 
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Java Runtime version 1.6 (aka Java 6) or later is required for jEdit 4.4 and later.
Java Runtime version 1.7 (aka Java 7) or later is required for jEdit 5.2 and later.
Java Runtime version 1.8 (aka Java 8) or later is required for jEdit 5.4 and later.
Java Runtime version 11 (aka Java 11) or later is required for jEdit 5.6 and later.
Before installing jEdit, make sure you have a compatible Java virtual machine; see the compatibility page for details.

Option 1 - manual download and install on any OS

Stable version: jEdit 5.6.0 Changes
Download: Java-based installer 3.7 MiB (For any operating system)
Windows Installer 4.8 MiB
OS X package 5.5 MiB
Debian package 4.9 MiB
Slackware package 4.9 MiB
User's guide 0.6 MiB (PDF with A4 paper, 149 pages)
User's guide 0.6 MiB (PDF with US letter paper, 159 pages)
Source code 2.5 MiB

Note: the above links are not to the files themselves, but rather to pages where you can select a download mirror. Do not use your browser's "Download Link" command on the above links.

Installation instructions are available for the following operating systems:

Option 2 - easy install on some flavors of *nix

  • FreeBSD users can find install jEdit from the ports collection by running:
    cd /usr/ports/editors/jedit
    make install
  • Gentoo Linux users can install jEdit from the portage tree by running emerge jedit.
  • To install jEdit via Debian Linux apt-get (this is also for any Debian based Distros like Ubuntu), add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

    deb https://<mirror>.dl.sourceforge.net/project/jedit /
    
    e. g.
    deb https://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/jedit /
    

    Then, just run apt-get update, followed by apt-get install jedit.

    The repository is now also secured and signed. To verify the packages you have to install the public key with which the repository is signed. This can be done by invoking apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E6A233DBE3AFBEFC

    If you prefer manual installation of .deb files you can also download the Debian package manually.

  • If you use apt4rpm, urpmi, or a similar tool with an RPM-based Linux distribution, you can automatically stay up to date with the latest version of jEdit using the JPackage RPM repository.

Problems?

If you encounter a problem while installing jEdit, take a look at the Frequently Asked Questions. If that doesn't help with your problem, post to the mailing lists.
 
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