How To Install geany-plugin-updatechecker on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-updatechecker on Debian 9.
What is geany-plugin-updatechecker
geany-plugin-updatechecker is:
This plugin adds an update checker plugin to Geany, allowing users to check whether there is a more recent version of Geany available.
Geany is a small and lightweight integrated development environment using the Gtk+ toolkit.
There are three methods to install geany-plugin-updatechecker on Debian 9. 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-updatechecker 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-updatechecker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geany-plugin-updatechecker
Install geany-plugin-updatechecker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geany-plugin-updatechecker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geany-plugin-updatechecker
Install geany-plugin-updatechecker 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install geany-plugin-updatechecker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geany-plugin-updatechecker
How To Uninstall geany-plugin-updatechecker on Debian 9
To uninstall only the geany-plugin-updatechecker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geany-plugin-updatechecker
Uninstall geany-plugin-updatechecker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geany-plugin-updatechecker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove geany-plugin-updatechecker
Remove geany-plugin-updatechecker Configurations and Data
To remove geany-plugin-updatechecker configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geany-plugin-updatechecker
Remove geany-plugin-updatechecker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geany-plugin-updatechecker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geany-plugin-updatechecker
Dependencies
geany-plugin-updatechecker have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-updatechecker package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.