How To Install geany-plugin-pohelper on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-pohelper on Kali Linux. geany-plugin-pohelper is Geany plugin for improved support for GetText translation files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-pohelper on Kali Linux.

What is geany-plugin-pohelper

geany-plugin-pohelper is:

Pohelper is a plugin for Geany that improves the support for GetText translation files

Features:

  • Navigation between all, untranslated or fuzzy messages
  • Reformatting of the translation (reflow)
  • Toggling the fuzziness of a translation
  • Pasting of the untranslated string to the translation
  • Automatic updating of the translation metadata

Geany is a small and lightweight integrated development environment using the Gtk+ toolkit.

There are three methods to install geany-plugin-pohelper on Kali Linux. 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-pohelper 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-pohelper using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install geany-plugin-pohelper

Install geany-plugin-pohelper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install geany-plugin-pohelper using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install geany-plugin-pohelper

Install geany-plugin-pohelper Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install geany-plugin-pohelper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install geany-plugin-pohelper

How To Uninstall geany-plugin-pohelper on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the geany-plugin-pohelper package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove geany-plugin-pohelper

Uninstall geany-plugin-pohelper And Its Dependencies

To uninstall geany-plugin-pohelper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove geany-plugin-pohelper

Remove geany-plugin-pohelper Configurations and Data

To remove geany-plugin-pohelper configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge geany-plugin-pohelper

Remove geany-plugin-pohelper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove geany-plugin-pohelper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geany-plugin-pohelper

Dependencies

geany-plugin-pohelper have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-pohelper package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.