As we know Notepad++ is the most commonly used text editor or source code editor in Microsoft windows operating system. In Ubuntu Linux ‘notepadqq’ is the alternate of notepad++. In other words we can say that notepadqq is Notepad++ for Ubuntu Linux.

In this article we will demonstrate how to install ‘notepadqq‘ in Ubuntu Linux.

Steps to Install notepadqq on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 15.10 / 16.04 LTS

Step:1 Add Ubuntu PPA Repository

‘notpadqq‘ package is not available in the default Ubuntu repository, we will add Ubuntu PPA repository using below command.

Step:2 Refresh the Repositories using below apt-get command.

Step:3 Install notepaddqq Debian package

Now we can install notepadqq package either from command line using apt-get command or from Synaptic Package Manager.

Installing notepaddqq from the Command line.

Installing notepadqq using synaptic Package Manager.

Start the Synaptic Package Manager , search ‘notepadqq’ package.

Select the ‘notepadqq‘ & ‘Mark for installation‘ and then click on Apply option to install notepadqq.

Now the installation is completed , try to open text file using notepadqq editor.