Install on Fedora Linux

There are QOwnNotes repositories for Fedora 28 and higher.

Tips

QOwnNotes is provided upstream in the Fedora repositories. But that version is generally a lot behind the latest release of QOwnNotes.

For most users you can just use dnf install qownnotes in a terminal window to install the upstream version. If you want the most up-to-date version, please continue reading.

On systems with config-manager dnf plugin

Run the following shell commands as root to add the repository.

dnf config-manager --add-repo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/pbek:/QOwnNotes/Fedora_\$releasever/

dnf makecache
dnf install qownnotes

Tips

You may need to accept the repo key before you can download from it.

If you have any problems, import the key manually with:

rpm --import http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/pbek:/QOwnNotes/Fedora_42/repodata/repomd.xml.key

Please note that the portion Fedora_42 in the above code should reflect the version of Fedora you are using (i.e. Fedora_39, Fedora_38 etc.)

Legacy install method

Use this method if your Fedora version doesn't support the config-manager dnf plugin, run these commands as root.

Run the following shell command as root to trust the repository.

rpm --import http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/pbek:/QOwnNotes/Fedora_42/repodata/repomd.xml.key

Again: note that the portion Fedora_42 in the above code should reflect the version of Fedora you are using (i.e. Fedora_39, Fedora_38 etc.)

Then run the following shell commands as root to add the repository and install QOwnNotes from there.

cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/QOwnNotes.repo << EOL
[qownnotes]
name=OBS repo for QOwnNotes (Fedora \$releasever - \$basearch)
type=rpm-md
baseurl=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/pbek:/QOwnNotes/Fedora_\$releasever/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/pbek:/QOwnNotes/Fedora_\$releasever/repodata/repomd.xml.key
enabled=1
EOL

dnf clean expire-cache
dnf install qownnotes

Direct Download (this example link is for Fedora 42)

QOwnNotes version-updating notes for Fedora

Problems with GPG keys?

Changes in Fedora's cryptographic policies can mean "old" (expired) repository keys are not automatically extended. This can lead to problems updating QOwnNotes.

Detail: If you have a problem with invalid keys (i.e. GPG errors) such as certificate is not alive and/or key is not alive due to key expiry, this terminal command should delete the expired key:

sudo rpm -e $(rpm -q --qf "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\t%{SUMMARY}\n" gpg-pubkey | grep pbek | cut -f1)

Detailed explanation of the command is available on GitHub in a topic related to this exact issue.

Once the expired key has been deleted, you must then newly import the current key manually as described in the beginning of these installation instructions.