davidmr001 / notepadqq

Notepad++-like editor for Linux

Notepadqq

Build

Build dependencies	Dependencies
Qt 5.3	Qt 5.3
libqt5webkit5-dev	libqt5webkit5
libqt5svg5-dev	libqt5svg5
qttools5-dev-tools	coreutils

Get the source

$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/notepadqq/notepadqq.git
$ cd notepadqq

Build it

notepadqq$ ./configure --prefix /usr
notepadqq$ make

Install

You can run notepadqq from its build output folder. If however you want to install it, first build it by following the above steps, then run

notepadqq$ sudo make install

Qt

Notepadqq might work on Qt 5.2, but it's recommended to use Qt 5.3 or later. If the newest version isn't available on your distribution, you can use the online installer to get the latest libraries and install them into your home directory ($HOME/Qt). Notepadqq will automatically use them.

Distribution Packages

Ubuntu (official packages) ★

Notepadqq is available from an official PPA:

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

Debian (official packages) ★

Download a deb package from the Ubuntu PPA: download

Arch Linux

Notepadqq is available from Arch's community repositories. To install using pacman:

sudo pacman -S notepadqq

Alternatively it can be found in the AUR:

• Stable (pre-built Debian package): notepadqq-bin
• Development (git version): notepadqq-git

OpenSUSE

Notepadqq is avilable in OpenSUSE's main repository:

 sudo zypper in notepadqq

Others

Use a package for a compatible distribution, or build from source. If you want to submit a package: https://github.com/notepadqq/notepadqq-packaging