

There are several great text editors available on Ubuntu (and other Linux distributions) including Gedit, VSCode, Sublime Text 3and more - but some people (perhaps even you) want to use what they already known and are familiar with. Tabbed interface for working with multiple files.So what makes Notepad Plus Plus so special? Why do developers and coders alike love using it? To fill the gap a swathe of Linux alternatives to Notepad++ exist, the best known being Notepadqq, while other code editing tools aren’t afraid to acknowledge they draw inspiration in their respective feature sets from Notepad++. We will reserve its installation steps for some other article.In this tutorial we show you how to install Notepad++ on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, as well as Linux Mint and other Ubuntu-based Linux distributions.įew text editors are as famous or as well loved as Notepad++, the free, open-source code editor built for Windows and written in C++.īut although Notepad Plus Plus (to say it aloud) is popular with developers, thanks to the small app size, good feature set, and decent performance, a Linux version of the app is not currently available. And, download the exe from the official website of Notepad++. We can also install Notepad++ through wine. In conclusion, we have discussed how to install Notepad++ in Ubuntu. Lastly, issue the following in terminal to launch Notepad++ notepad-plus-plus Next, to install Notepad++ sudo snap install notepad-plus-plus

In case, if its not installed then - sudo apt update If the package is there, then it would return with the installed package version. Issue the following in terminal - snap version To check if snap package is installed or not. In case you don't have one, we advise you to contact your System Administrator for assistance. Note: Following operations would require you to have superuser privileges.

And, at the time of writing v8.3.1 is its latest stable release. It was first released on November 24, 2003. In this article, we would discuss how to install Notepad ++ in Ubuntu 22.04 release.
