How To Install geany-plugins-updatechecker on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugins-updatechecker on Rocky Linux 8. geany-plugins-updatechecker is Automatically check for Geany updates

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugins-updatechecker on Rocky Linux 8.

What is geany-plugins-updatechecker

UpdateChecker is a plugin for Geany, which is able to check whether there is a more recent version of Geany available.

We can use yum or dnf to install geany-plugins-updatechecker on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install geany-plugins-updatechecker.

Install geany-plugins-updatechecker on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install geany-plugins-updatechecker using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install geany-plugins-updatechecker

Install geany-plugins-updatechecker on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install geany-plugins-updatechecker using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install geany-plugins-updatechecker

How To Uninstall geany-plugins-updatechecker on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the geany-plugins-updatechecker package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove geany-plugins-updatechecker

geany-plugins-updatechecker Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/a56bf1daa5d65920d15a1e5e3a5bbc6d5d4e5e
/usr/lib64/geany/updatechecker.so
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/updatechecker
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/updatechecker/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/updatechecker/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/updatechecker/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/updatechecker/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/updatechecker/README

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugins-updatechecker on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.