How To Install gedit-developer-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gedit-developer-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04. gedit-developer-plugins is A set of gedit plugins for developers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gedit-developer-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gedit-developer-plugins

gedit-developer-plugins is:

gedit-developer-plugins (GDP) are a set of plugins for gedit that provide additional editing features for software development. GDP provides:

  • Multi-file find and replace Directories and file types can be specified. Regular expressions are supported.
  • Syntax completion Python completion using the file’s imports and definitions. Simple word completion based on the words in the file. XML tag and attribute completions based on document structure.
  • Formatting Format paragraphs, lists, and imports. Reformat test using regular expressions. Check the syntax and style of Python, XML, CSS, and plain text. Check and reformat Python doctests and CSS.
  • Project management via Bazaar DVCS integrates bzr-gtk to show status, tags, annotations, visualize, commit, merge, and push. Open files changes in the branch.

There are three methods to install gedit-developer-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 gedit-developer-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 gedit-developer-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gedit-developer-plugins

Install gedit-developer-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gedit-developer-plugins using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gedit-developer-plugins

Install gedit-developer-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 gedit-developer-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gedit-developer-plugins

How To Uninstall gedit-developer-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the gedit-developer-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gedit-developer-plugins

Uninstall gedit-developer-plugins And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gedit-developer-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gedit-developer-plugins

Remove gedit-developer-plugins Configurations and Data

To remove gedit-developer-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gedit-developer-plugins

Remove gedit-developer-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gedit-developer-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gedit-developer-plugins

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gedit-developer-plugins package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.