Note: The steps of installation shown in the tutorial are same for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. If you are using any distribution where ‘Snap’ is not available, you should get it first, before proceeding with the installation of Notepadqq. ‘Snap’ repository is present in Ubuntu by default, and you should not face any issues, downloading any package from the ‘Snap’ repository. Notepadqq for Linux is available from the ‘Snap’ repository, and if you are not having ‘ Snap’ repository, you should get it first, before you proceed with Notepadqq download and installation. Notepadqq is the best alternative for Notepad++ on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions, and you can easily download that, using the command line or Terminal on Linux. But today, I will be discussing how to install Notepadqq on Ubuntu.

But, Linux is one of the most favorite platforms for those, who code, but Notepad++ unfortunately is not available for the platform.

Notepad is not only used taking and writing notes, but it is also used by programmers to write codes, and check them. Notepad++ is one of the best note writing applications, available for Microsoft Windows, and it is by far the best alternative for ‘Notepad’, which is available for Windows computers.

Notepad++ ubuntu alternative