{"id":1402,"date":"2017-12-06T12:26:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T12:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phillips321.co.uk\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2017-12-06T12:29:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T12:29:45","slug":"cherrytree-on-macos-osx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillips321.co.uk\/2017\/12\/06\/cherrytree-on-macos-osx\/","title":{"rendered":"CherryTree on MacOS (OSX)"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I use CherryTree<\/a> to keep my notes. What I like about it is the tree structure that allows me to easily find my notes, and if I cant I simply use the search function. I used to use Evernote but found it bloated. The good thing about CherryTree is it’s open source and runs using python. You can find out more about the project at the GitHub page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Getting it running as an app on MacOS is a bit of a bitch to be honest, but with a combination of Platypus<\/a> and some additional python libraries it’ll run just fine.<\/p>\n

The notes below are for a fresh build of MacOs 10.13 High Sierra, so any dependencies should be met using the following instructions.<\/p>\n

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\/<\/span>usr\/<\/span>bin\/<\/span>ruby -e<\/span> "$(curl -fsSL https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/Homebrew\/install\/master\/install)<\/span>"<\/span>
\nbrew install<\/span> gtk-mac-integration pygtksourceview dbus dbus-glib wget<\/span> unzip<\/span>
\nwget<\/span> https:\/\/<\/span>bootstrap.pypa.io\/<\/span>get-pip.py
\nsudo<\/span> python get-pip.py
\nsudo<\/span> pip install<\/span> dbus-python pyenchant chardet
\nwget<\/span> https:\/\/<\/span>github.com\/<\/span>giuspen\/<\/span>cherrytree\/<\/span>archive\/<\/span>master.zip
\nunzip<\/span> master.zip
\nmkdir<\/span> -p<\/span> \/<\/span>Users\/<\/span>${USER}<\/span>\/<\/span>.local\/<\/span>share\/<\/span>
\nsed<\/span> -i<\/span>''<\/span> -e<\/span> '\/x11_get_server_time\/s\/^\/#\/g'<\/span> cherrytree-master\/<\/span>modules\/<\/span>core.py
\nwget<\/span> http:\/\/<\/span>sveinbjorn.org\/<\/span>files\/<\/span>software\/<\/span>platypus.zip
\nunzip<\/span> platypus.zip<\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n

The above steps might take a while due to install the various sub dependencies, but once done you should be able to do the rest using the GUI app Platypus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Configure Platypus to use the following settings:<\/p>\n