How To Install geany-plugin-treebrowser on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-treebrowser on Ubuntu 18.04. geany-plugin-treebrowser is tree browser plugin for Geany

Introduction

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

What is geany-plugin-treebrowser

geany-plugin-treebrowser is:

This plugin adds a tree browser to Geany, allowing the user to browse files using a tree view of the directory being browsed.

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

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

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

Install geany-plugin-treebrowser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install geany-plugin-treebrowser

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

sudo aptitude -y install geany-plugin-treebrowser

How To Uninstall geany-plugin-treebrowser on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove geany-plugin-treebrowser

Uninstall geany-plugin-treebrowser And Its Dependencies

To uninstall geany-plugin-treebrowser 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-treebrowser

Remove geany-plugin-treebrowser Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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