How To Install geany-plugin-spellcheck on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-spellcheck on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is geany-plugin-spellcheck
geany-plugin-spellcheck is:
Spellcheck is a plugin which checks the content of the current document in Geany with the spell check library Enchant. This plugin allows the whole document, or only a selection to be checked for spelling mistakes. Misspelt words are highlighted with a red squiggly underline, and wrong words are printed in Geany’s messages window along with available suggestions.
Geany is a small and lightweight integrated development environment using the Gtk+ toolkit.
There are three methods to install geany-plugin-spellcheck 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-spellcheck 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-spellcheck using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geany-plugin-spellcheck
Install geany-plugin-spellcheck Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geany-plugin-spellcheck using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geany-plugin-spellcheck
Install geany-plugin-spellcheck 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-spellcheck using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geany-plugin-spellcheck
How To Uninstall geany-plugin-spellcheck on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the geany-plugin-spellcheck package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geany-plugin-spellcheck
Uninstall geany-plugin-spellcheck And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geany-plugin-spellcheck 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-spellcheck
Remove geany-plugin-spellcheck Configurations and Data
To remove geany-plugin-spellcheck configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geany-plugin-spellcheck
Remove geany-plugin-spellcheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geany-plugin-spellcheck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geany-plugin-spellcheck
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-spellcheck package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
