How To Install gedit-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gedit-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gedit-dev
gedit-dev is:
gedit is a text editor which supports most standard editor features, extending this basic functionality with other features not usually found in simple text editors. gedit is a graphical application which supports editing multiple text files in one window (known sometimes as tabs or MDI).
gedit fully supports international text through its use of the Unicode UTF-8 encoding in edited files. Its core feature set includes syntax highlighting of source code, auto indentation and printing and print preview support.
gedit is also extensible through its plugin system, which currently includes support for spell checking, comparing files, viewing CVS ChangeLogs, and adjusting indentation levels.
This package is required to build plugins for gedit.
There are three methods to install gedit-dev
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 gedit-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gedit-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gedit-dev
Install gedit-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gedit-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gedit-dev
Install gedit-dev 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 gedit-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gedit-dev
How To Uninstall gedit-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gedit-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gedit-dev
Uninstall gedit-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gedit-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gedit-dev
Remove gedit-dev Configurations and Data
To remove gedit-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gedit-dev
Remove gedit-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gedit-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gedit-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gedit-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.