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