How To Install libgtksourceview-3.0-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtksourceview-3.0-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgtksourceview-3.0-common
libgtksourceview-3.0-common is:
GtkSourceView is a text widget that extends the standard GTK+ 3.x text widget GtkTextView. It improves GtkTextView by implementing syntax highlighting and other features typical of a source editor.
This package contains the language specifications files for Ada, C, C++, C#, CSS, “.desktop”, “.diff” (patch), Fortran 95, GtkRC, Haskell, HTML, IDL, “.ini”, Java, JavaScript, LaTeX, Lua, MSIL, Nemerle, Pascal, Perl, PHP, “.po” (gettext), Python, R, Ruby, sh, SQL, Tcl, Texinfo, VB.NET, Verilog, VHDL and XML.
There are three methods to install libgtksourceview-3.0-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 libgtksourceview-3.0-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 libgtksourceview-3.0-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgtksourceview-3.0-common
Install libgtksourceview-3.0-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgtksourceview-3.0-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgtksourceview-3.0-common
Install libgtksourceview-3.0-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 libgtksourceview-3.0-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgtksourceview-3.0-common
How To Uninstall libgtksourceview-3.0-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgtksourceview-3.0-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgtksourceview-3.0-common
Uninstall libgtksourceview-3.0-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgtksourceview-3.0-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgtksourceview-3.0-common
Remove libgtksourceview-3.0-common Configurations and Data
To remove libgtksourceview-3.0-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgtksourceview-3.0-common
Remove libgtksourceview-3.0-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgtksourceview-3.0-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgtksourceview-3.0-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtksourceview-3.0-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
