How To Install geany-plugin-webhelper on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-webhelper on Debian 9. geany-plugin-webhelper is web helper plugin for Geany

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-webhelper on Debian 9.

What is geany-plugin-webhelper

geany-plugin-webhelper is:

This plugin provides some web development facilities such as web page preview and some debugging tools (web inspector) for Geany.

Its prominent features include:-

  • A basic web view, which provides a display of any web page (using WebKit)
  • Automatic reloading of web view upon document saving
  • A web inspector/debugging tool for the web view’s content (including a Javascript console, a viewer and editor of processed HTML and CSS, a network usage analysis tool and many more, thanks to WebKit)

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

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

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

Install geany-plugin-webhelper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install geany-plugin-webhelper

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

sudo aptitude -y install geany-plugin-webhelper

How To Uninstall geany-plugin-webhelper on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove geany-plugin-webhelper

Uninstall geany-plugin-webhelper And Its Dependencies

To uninstall geany-plugin-webhelper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove geany-plugin-webhelper

Remove geany-plugin-webhelper Configurations and Data

To remove geany-plugin-webhelper configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

geany-plugin-webhelper have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-webhelper package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.