How To Install geany-plugin-latex on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-latex on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is geany-plugin-latex
geany-plugin-latex is:
GeanyLaTeX is a plugin for the Geany IDE to improve work with LaTeX. Features include:
- Wizard for creating a new LaTeX-document
- Frontend for easy input of \ref{} and \label{}
- Easy adding of special characters and environments through plugin menu entry
- Support for adding new items to BibTeX database
- Toolbar with commonly used format options
- Bulk replacement and input replacement of special characters
Geany is a small and lightweight integrated development environment using the Gtk+ toolkit.
There are three methods to install geany-plugin-latex 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-latex 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-latex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geany-plugin-latex
Install geany-plugin-latex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geany-plugin-latex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geany-plugin-latex
Install geany-plugin-latex 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-latex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geany-plugin-latex
How To Uninstall geany-plugin-latex on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the geany-plugin-latex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geany-plugin-latex
Uninstall geany-plugin-latex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geany-plugin-latex 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-latex
Remove geany-plugin-latex Configurations and Data
To remove geany-plugin-latex configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geany-plugin-latex
Remove geany-plugin-latex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geany-plugin-latex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geany-plugin-latex
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-latex package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
