Install Obsidian on Linux ARM Device

Obsidian

Powerful knowledge base using plain text Markdown files (for note-taking & project management)

Note-taking is incredibly personal. Tried every app, but something always irks you? You deserve better.
For those who can't custom-build a solution for themselves, Obsidian is as close as you can get, with plugins, themes, and custom CSS at your disposal.

With Obsidian, your data sits in a local folder. Never leave your life's work held hostage in the cloud again.

Vibrant Community
With more than 50,000 members in our Discord chat and 30,000 members on our forum, Obsidian has one of the largest note-taking communities.
Our community welcomes anyone who uses Obsidian or is interested in Obsidian, no matter your language, country, or field. Come join us!

To run from Menu: Menu -> Office -> Obsidian
To run from Terminal: obsidian

Fortunately, Obsidian is very easy to install on your Linux ARM Device in just two steps.

  1. Install Pi-Apps - the best app installer for Linux ARM Device.
  2. Use Pi-Apps to install Obsidian.

Compatibility

For the best chance of this working, we recommend using the latest LTS of Ubuntu or Debian from your hardware manufacturer.
Obsidian will only run on an Ubuntu/Debian ARM64 OS. Pi-Apps will not let you install Obsidian on an Ubuntu/Debian ARM32 OS.

Install Pi-Apps

Pi-Apps is a free tool that makes it incredibly easy to install the most useful programs on your Linux ARM Device with just a few clicks.

Open a terminal and run this command to install Pi-Apps:

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash

Feel free to check out the Pi-Apps source code here: https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps

Install Obsidian

Now that you have Pi-Apps installed, it is time to install Obsidian.
First launch Pi-Apps from your start menu:

Then click on the Office category.

Now scroll down to find Obsidian in the list.

Just click Install and Pi-Apps will install Obsidian for you!

Pi-Apps is a free and open source tool made by Botspot and other contributors. Find out more at https://pi-apps.io