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 0.41.0, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:
- Bug fixes
- New command line option –new-window to open files in a new window
- Added desktop file actions on Unity (Open a new window, Open a new document)
- Perl, Python, Bash and sh shebangs are now recognized automatically
- CodeMirror updated to v4.8.0
- Open new documents by double clicking on the tab bar
- Search-as-I-type feature implemented (user can disable it from settings)
In this article I will show you how to install Notepadqq 0.41.0 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Deepin 2014, Peppermint Five, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Debian 8 Jessie, Debian 7 Wheezy and Ubuntu and Debian derivative systems.
For Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivatives, Notepadqq 0.41.0 is available via PPA, so installing it 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
For Debian 8 and Debian 7, we have to download the deb package from Launchpad and install it via gdebi.
How to install Notepadqq 0.41.0 on 32 bit Debian systems:
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ wget "https://launchpad.net/~notepadqq-team/+archive/ubuntu/notepadqq/+files/notepadqq_0.41.0-0%7Etrusty1_i386.deb" -O notepadqq_0.41.0_i386.deb
$ sudo gdebi notepadqq_0.41.0_i386.deb
How to install Notepadqq 0.41.0 on 64 bit Debian systems:
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ wget "https://launchpad.net/~notepadqq-team/+archive/ubuntu/notepadqq/+files/notepadqq_0.41.0-0%7Etrusty1_amd64.deb" -O notepadqq_0.41.0_amd64.deb
$ sudo gdebi notepadqq_0.41.0_amd64.deb
Optional, to remove notepadqq from either Ubuntu, Debian or a derivative system, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove notepadqq
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