How To Install geany-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is geany-plugins
geany-plugins is:
This is a metapackage which installs the whole set of plugins for Geany.
Geany is a fast and lightweight IDE.
There are three methods to install geany-plugins 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-plugins 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-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geany-plugins
Install geany-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geany-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geany-plugins
Install geany-plugins 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-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geany-plugins
How To Uninstall geany-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the geany-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geany-plugins
Uninstall geany-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geany-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove geany-plugins
Remove geany-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove geany-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geany-plugins
Remove geany-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geany-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geany-plugins
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugins package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
