How To Install geany-plugin-geniuspaste on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-geniuspaste on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is geany-plugin-geniuspaste
geany-plugin-geniuspaste is:
This plugin allows the user to paste the code from Geany into five different pastebins. At the moment it supports this services:
- codepad.org
- tinypaste.com
- pastebin.geany.org
- dpaste.de
- sprunge.us
GeniusPaste detects automatically the syntax of the code and paste it with syntax highlighting enabled. It can also display the pasted code opening a new browser tab.
Geany is a small and lightweight integrated development environment using the Gtk+ toolkit.
There are three methods to install geany-plugin-geniuspaste 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-geniuspaste 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-geniuspaste using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geany-plugin-geniuspaste
Install geany-plugin-geniuspaste Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geany-plugin-geniuspaste using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geany-plugin-geniuspaste
Install geany-plugin-geniuspaste 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-geniuspaste using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geany-plugin-geniuspaste
How To Uninstall geany-plugin-geniuspaste on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the geany-plugin-geniuspaste package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geany-plugin-geniuspaste
Uninstall geany-plugin-geniuspaste And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geany-plugin-geniuspaste 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-geniuspaste
Remove geany-plugin-geniuspaste Configurations and Data
To remove geany-plugin-geniuspaste configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geany-plugin-geniuspaste
Remove geany-plugin-geniuspaste configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geany-plugin-geniuspaste configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geany-plugin-geniuspaste
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-geniuspaste package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
