[Notepad++/Linux] How to install notepad++ on Ubuntu without using Snap

There is a way to use Windows software in Ubuntu platform, which is by using Wine. Notepad++ is one of such softwares. Of course, we also can install with Ubuntu Software store which uses Snap. However, it didn’t work as well as in Windows. So I choose the other way. Let’s kick off by opening the Terminal first. By the way, I’m using Ubuntu 20.04 # Add Wine GPG Key wget -O - https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo apt-key add - # Add apt repository sudo add-apt-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ focal main' # Install Wine on Linux sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable # Set prefix export WINEARCH=win32 export WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 Next, we need to download Notepad++ from https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads. Just choose Installer. ...

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