How To Install geany-plugin-pairtaghighlighter on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-pairtaghighlighter on Ubuntu 18.04. geany-plugin-pairtaghighlighter is tag pair highlighter plugin for Geany

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-pairtaghighlighter on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is geany-plugin-pairtaghighlighter

geany-plugin-pairtaghighlighter is:

Finds and highlights matching opening/closing HTML tag by clicking or moving cursor inside a tag.

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

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

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

Install geany-plugin-pairtaghighlighter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install geany-plugin-pairtaghighlighter

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

sudo aptitude -y install geany-plugin-pairtaghighlighter

How To Uninstall geany-plugin-pairtaghighlighter on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove geany-plugin-pairtaghighlighter

Uninstall geany-plugin-pairtaghighlighter And Its Dependencies

To uninstall geany-plugin-pairtaghighlighter 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-pairtaghighlighter

Remove geany-plugin-pairtaghighlighter Configurations and Data

To remove geany-plugin-pairtaghighlighter configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-pairtaghighlighter package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.