How To Install geany-plugin-extrasel on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-extrasel
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is geany-plugin-extrasel
geany-plugin-extrasel is:
The Extra Selection plugin adds the following functions to Geany:-
- Go to matching brace and select (select to matching brace)
- Go to line and select (select to line)
- Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Left/Right/Home/End key - same as Ctrl+Shift, but for rectangular selection.
- Column mode - while active, all (Ctrl)-Shift-Arrow keys do rectangle selection instead of stream.
Geany is a small and lightweight integrated development environment using the Gtk+ toolkit.
There are three methods to install geany-plugin-extrasel
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install geany-plugin-extrasel Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install geany-plugin-extrasel
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geany-plugin-extrasel
Install geany-plugin-extrasel Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geany-plugin-extrasel
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geany-plugin-extrasel
Install geany-plugin-extrasel Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install geany-plugin-extrasel
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geany-plugin-extrasel
How To Uninstall geany-plugin-extrasel on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the geany-plugin-extrasel
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geany-plugin-extrasel
Uninstall geany-plugin-extrasel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geany-plugin-extrasel
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove geany-plugin-extrasel
Remove geany-plugin-extrasel Configurations and Data
To remove geany-plugin-extrasel
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geany-plugin-extrasel
Remove geany-plugin-extrasel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geany-plugin-extrasel
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geany-plugin-extrasel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-extrasel
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.