How To Install geany-plugins-geanyctags on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugins-geanyctags on AlmaLinux 8.
What is geany-plugins-geanyctags
Even though Geany supports symbol definition searching by itself within the open files (and with a plugin support within the whole project), tag regeneration can become too slow for really big projects. This is why this plugin was created. It makes it possible to generate the tag file only once and just query it when searching for a particular symbol definition/declaration. This approach is fine for big projects where most of the codebase remains unchanged and the tag positions remain more or less static.
We can use yum or dnf to install geany-plugins-geanyctags on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install geany-plugins-geanyctags.
Install geany-plugins-geanyctags on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install geany-plugins-geanyctags using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install geany-plugins-geanyctags
Install geany-plugins-geanyctags on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install geany-plugins-geanyctags using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install geany-plugins-geanyctags
How To Uninstall geany-plugins-geanyctags on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the geany-plugins-geanyctags package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove geany-plugins-geanyctags
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugins-geanyctags on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
