How To Install geany-plugin-py on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-py on Debian 9. geany-plugin-py is Python bindings for the Geany plugin API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-py on Debian 9.

What is geany-plugin-py

geany-plugin-py is:

GeanyPy allows people to write their Geany plugins in Python making authoring a plugin much more accessible to non C programmers.

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

There are three methods to install geany-plugin-py on Debian 9. 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-py 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-py using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install geany-plugin-py Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install geany-plugin-py

Install geany-plugin-py 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install geany-plugin-py

How To Uninstall geany-plugin-py on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove geany-plugin-py

Uninstall geany-plugin-py And Its Dependencies

To uninstall geany-plugin-py and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

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

Remove geany-plugin-py Configurations and Data

To remove geany-plugin-py configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

geany-plugin-py have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-py package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.