How To Install geany-plugin-extrasel on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-extrasel on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is geany-plugin-extrasel
geany-plugin-extrasel is:
The Extra Selection plugin adds the following functions to Geany:-
- Go to matching brace and select (select to matching brace)
- Go to line and select (select to line)
- Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Left/Right/Home/End key - same as Ctrl+Shift, but for rectangular selection.
- Column mode - while active, all (Ctrl)-Shift-Arrow keys do rectangle selection instead of stream.
Geany is a small and lightweight integrated development environment using the Gtk+ toolkit.
There are three methods to install geany-plugin-extrasel on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install geany-plugin-extrasel 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-extrasel using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geany-plugin-extrasel
Install geany-plugin-extrasel Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geany-plugin-extrasel using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geany-plugin-extrasel
Install geany-plugin-extrasel 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 geany-plugin-extrasel using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geany-plugin-extrasel
How To Uninstall geany-plugin-extrasel on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the geany-plugin-extrasel package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geany-plugin-extrasel
Uninstall geany-plugin-extrasel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geany-plugin-extrasel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove geany-plugin-extrasel
Remove geany-plugin-extrasel Configurations and Data
To remove geany-plugin-extrasel configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geany-plugin-extrasel
Remove geany-plugin-extrasel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geany-plugin-extrasel configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geany-plugin-extrasel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-extrasel package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
