Install SimpleNote on Ubuntu Linux

• Download SimpleNote for Linux from https://github.com/Automattic/simplenote-electron/releases/tag/v2.21.0
• Install it:

  sudo apt install ~/Downloads/Simplenote-linux-2.21.0-amd64.deb

• Start SimpleNote:

  /opt/SimpleNote/simplenote

  It may fail to start with errors:

  libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed

  • Adding --disable-gpu-sandbox could work around the issue.

    /opt/SimpleNote/simplenote --disable-gpu-sandbox

  • /usr/share/applications/simplenote.desktop also need to editted to add the arg:

    [Desktop Entry]
    Name=Simplenote
    Exec=/opt/Simplenote/simplenote --disable-gpu-sandbox %U

See also

• Simplenote fails to start after upgrading from Ubuntu 21.10 to 22.04