How To Install geany-plugin-defineformat on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-defineformat on Debian 9. geany-plugin-defineformat is on-the-fly #define prettyprinter plugin for Geany

Introduction

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

What is geany-plugin-defineformat

geany-plugin-defineformat is:

This plugin will help you to write multiline defines with aligned backslash.

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

There are three methods to install geany-plugin-defineformat 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-defineformat 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-defineformat using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install geany-plugin-defineformat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install geany-plugin-defineformat

Install geany-plugin-defineformat 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-defineformat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install geany-plugin-defineformat

How To Uninstall geany-plugin-defineformat on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove geany-plugin-defineformat

Uninstall geany-plugin-defineformat And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove geany-plugin-defineformat Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

geany-plugin-defineformat have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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