How To Install gedit-plugins on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gedit-plugins on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gedit-plugins
gedit-plugins is:
gedit-plugins contain a set of plugins for gedit, GNOME’s text editor.
The plugins are now split in separate packages; this metapackage brings all of them but they can be installed separately.
There are three methods to install gedit-plugins 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 gedit-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-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gedit-plugins
Install gedit-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gedit-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gedit-plugins
Install gedit-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-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gedit-plugins
How To Uninstall gedit-plugins on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gedit-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gedit-plugins
Uninstall gedit-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gedit-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gedit-plugins
Remove gedit-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove gedit-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gedit-plugins
Remove gedit-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gedit-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gedit-plugins
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gedit-plugins package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
