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Install Notepadqq (Notepad++-like Editor) in Ubuntu 14.04/15.04

Last updated: June 30, 2015

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Notepadqq is a free, open source, and Notepad++-like text editor for the Linux desktop. It’s written in C++ and works on Qt5.

Notepadqq helps developers by providing all you can expect from a general purpose text editor, such as syntax highlighting for more than 100 different languages, code folding, color schemes, file monitoring, multiple selection and much more.

You can search text using the power of regular expressions. You can organize documents side by side. You can use real-time highlighting to find near identifiers in no time.

Install Notepadqq in Ubuntu:

Notepadqq team provides an official PPA repository for all current Ubuntu releases (e.g., Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10) and their derivatives such as Linux Mint 17, Elementary OS Freya.

1. To add the PPA, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:notepadqq-team/notepadqq

2. After that, refresh system package cache and install the editor via Synaptic Package Manager:

or by running below commands one by one:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install notepadqq

And you can receive future updates of this editor just as part of system updates via Software Updater.

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    19 responses to Install Notepadqq (Notepad++-like Editor) in Ubuntu 14.04/15.04

    1. ashok rathod October 1, 2015 at 6:54 am

      when i try installing notepadqq trom terminal it shows following message:
      Unable to locate package notepadqq

      • Ignacio October 14, 2015 at 7:10 pm

        I’ve got the same problem, I think the problem is I’m using ubuntu 12.04. If you check the sources to add ,there are sources for every ubuntu version but the 12.04.

      • Edílton Ricardo Langa October 23, 2016 at 9:09 am

        you need to add repository and update de package first

      • xx_myth February 28, 2017 at 4:49 am

        Add the repository my executing this
        sudo add-apt-repository ppa:notepadqq-team/notepadqq
        and try again

    2. Salvador October 28, 2015 at 12:32 pm

      First must run script
      sudo apt-get update

      Later run
      sudo apt-get install notepadqq

    3. Ajay January 4, 2016 at 5:21 pm

      Try this , To add this PPA to your Ubuntu distribution and to install Notepadqq, simply run the following commands:

      sudo add-apt-repository ppa:notepadqq-team/notepadqq
      sudo apt-get update
      sudo apt-get install notepadqq

    4. Rony March 28, 2016 at 3:35 pm

      how to uninstall the application?

    5. Aarav July 18, 2016 at 5:44 pm

      When I do “sudo apt-get update”, I get the following:
      “Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.”

    6. prathima August 10, 2016 at 10:36 am

      That was helpful. I was missing Notepad++ but Notepadqq is definitely a replacing app for Notepad++ in Ubuntu. Thanks a lot :)

    7. Nick Peterson August 10, 2016 at 10:56 pm

      Is any more work being done on this?

      If so, the feature I would most urgently request is to enable code-folding around #if{,def,ndef,…etc} #else/#elif and #endif, just as it is available in Notepad++

      Thank you.

    8. PRASHANT August 17, 2016 at 12:41 pm

      how can i run java programmes on sublime text

    9. ekoslav December 27, 2016 at 12:18 am

      for some reason, ater adding repository, and apt-get update, I’m getting this:

      …..
      previous apt-get update messages
      …..
      Get:13 http://http.debian.net jessie-backports/main armhf 2016-12-26-2028.35.pdiff [497 B]
      Get:14 http://http.debian.net jessie-backports/main armhf 2016-12-26-2028.35.pdiff [497 B]
      Fetched 340 kB in 60s (5581 B/s)
      W: Failed to fetch “http://ppa.launchpad.net/notepadqq-team/notepadqq/ubuntu/dists/jessie/main/binary-armhf/Packages” 404 Not Found

      E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
      root@chip:~# sudo apt-get install notepadqq
      Reading package lists… Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information… Done
      E: Unable to locate package notepadqq
      root@chip:~#

    10. Josh February 4, 2017 at 11:24 pm

      Thank, helped a bunch!

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