How To Install geany-plugin-updatechecker on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-updatechecker on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-updatechecker package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
