Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Notepadqq is an open-source clone of Notepad++, written in QT. Among other features of Notepadqq, its worth writing about its syntax highlighing for the most popular programming languages, search-find-replace through regular expressions, split-screen, bookmarks, code folding, et cetera.
The latest version available is Notepadqq 0.40.0, which has been released a while ago, coming with bug-fixes, a new option for quickly launching a link inside, via the default browser and the search has been improved among others.
In this article I will show you how to install Notepadqq 0.40.0 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Deepin 2014, Peppermint Five, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.
Because it is available via PPA, installing Notepadqq 0.40.0 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the notepadqq package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:notepadqq-team/notepadqq
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install notepadqq
Optional, to remove notepadqq, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove notepadqq
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