How To Install scite on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scite
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is scite
scite is:
GTK-based programming editor with syntax highlighting support for many languages. Also supports folding sections, exporting highlighted text into colored HTML and RTF.
There are three methods to install scite
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install scite Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scite
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scite
Install scite Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scite
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scite
Install scite 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 scite
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scite
How To Uninstall scite on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the scite
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scite
Uninstall scite And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scite
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scite
Remove scite Configurations and Data
To remove scite
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scite
Remove scite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scite
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scite
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scite
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.