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https://github.com/notepadqq/notepadqq

A simple, general-purpose editor for Linux
https://github.com/notepadqq/notepadqq

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A simple, general-purpose editor for Linux

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/notepadqq/notepadqq
Owner: notepadqq
License: gpl-3.0
Created: 2012-02-24T14:39:25.000Z (almost 13 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2023-05-27T10:12:18.000Z (over 1 year ago)
Last Synced: 2024-08-01T12:15:55.186Z (5 months ago)
Topics: development, editor, linux, notepadqq, text-editor
Language: JavaScript
Homepage: https://notepadqq.com
Size: 9.04 MB
Stars: 2,090
Watchers: 88
Forks: 300
Open Issues: 316
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: COPYING
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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README

        #  Notepadqq [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/notepadqq/notepadqq.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/notepadqq/notepadqq) [![notepadqq](https://snapcraft.io/notepadqq/badge.svg)](https://snapcraft.io/notepadqq)

> This project is not actively maintained anymore. New maintainers are welcome.

> 

>  -- Daniele

### Links

* [What is it?](#what-is-it)

* [Build it yourself](#build-it-yourself)

* [Download it](#distribution-packages)

#### What is it?

Notepadqq is a text editor designed by developers, for developers. 

![screenshot_20180302_163505](https://notepadqq.com/s/images/snapshot1.png)

Please visit our [Wiki](https://github.com/notepadqq/notepadqq/wiki) for more screenshots and details.

Build it yourself

-----

| Build dependencies    | Dependencies      |

|-----------------------|-------------------|

| Qt 5.6 or higher      | Qt 5.6 or higher  |

| qtwebengine5-dev      | qtwebengine5      |

| libqt5websockets5-dev | libqt5websockets5 |

| libqt5svg5-dev        | libqt5svg5        |

| qttools5-dev-tools    | coreutils         |

| libuchardet-dev       | libuchardet       |

| pkg-config            |                   |

#### Get the source

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

    $ cd notepadqq

#### Build

    notepadqq$ ./configure --prefix /usr

    notepadqq$ make

    

If you encounter errors make sure to have the necessary libraries installed. For Ubuntu you can do that using apt-get:

    sudo apt-get install qt5-default qttools5-dev-tools qtwebengine5-dev libqt5websockets5-dev libqt5svg5 libqt5svg5-dev libuchardet-dev pkg-config

For CentOS:

    sudo yum install -y qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qttools-devel qt5-qtwebengine-devel qt5-qtwebsockets-devel qt5-qtsvg-devel uchardet qt5-qtwebchannel-devel pkgconfig

    

#### 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

If the newest version of Qt isn't available on your distribution, you can use the [online installer](http://www.qt.io/download-open-source) to get the latest libraries and install them into your home directory (`$HOME/Qt`). Notepadqq will automatically use them.

Distribution Packages

---------------------

#### Ubuntu, Debian, and others:

    sudo apt install notepadqq

#### Snap

To install the latest stable version:

    sudo snap install notepadqq

You don't have the `snap` command? Follow the instructions at https://docs.snapcraft.io/core/install and then install Notepadqq as shown above.

You can follow the unstable development releases from the "edge" channel.

#### Arch Linux (community-maintained)

Notepadqq is available from Arch's [community repositories](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/notepadqq/). To install using pacman:

    sudo pacman -S notepadqq

Alternatively it can be found in the AUR:

 * Development (git version): [notepadqq-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/notepadqq-git/)

#### OpenSUSE (community-maintained)

Notepadqq is avilable in OpenSUSE's main repository:

     sudo zypper in notepadqq

     

#### Solus (community-maintained)

Notepadqq is available in the `shannon` (stable) repository:

     sudo eopkg it notepadqq

#### Others

Use a package for a compatible distribution, or build from [source](https://github.com/notepadqq/notepadqq.git).

If you want to submit a package: https://github.com/notepadqq/notepadqq-packaging

#### Compiling on macOS

Instructions can be found [here](https://github.com/notepadqq/notepadqq/wiki/Compiling-Notepadqq-on-macOS).