Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kephra on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is kephra
kephra is:
Kephra is gui text editor writen in Perl but not only for Perl
developers.
The features of Kephra are:
- File: file sessions, history, simple templates, open all of a dir, insert,
autosave by timer, save copy as, rename, close all other, detection if
file where changed elsewhere - Editing: unlimited undo with fast modes, replace (clipboard and
selection), line edit functions, move line/selection, indenting, block
formating, delete trailing space, comment, convert (case, space or
indention) rectangular selection with mouse and keyboard, auto- and
braceindention - Navigation: bracenav, blocknav, doc spanning bookmarks, goto last edit,
last doc, rich search, incremental search, searchbar and search dialog - Tools: run script (integrated output panel), notepad panel, color picker
- Doc Property: syntax mode, codepage, tab use, tab width, EOL, write
protection - View: all app parts and margins can be switched on and off,
syntaxhighlighting bracelight, ight margin, indention guide, caret line,
line wrap, EOL marker, visible whitespace, changeable font - Configs: config files to be opened through a menu: settings, all menus,
commandID’s, event binding, icon binding, key binding, localisation
(translate just one file to transelate the app), syntaxmodes and some help
texts to be opened as normal files
There are three methods to install kephra on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kephra Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kephra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kephra
Install kephra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kephra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kephra
Install kephra 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 kephra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kephra
How To Uninstall kephra on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the kephra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kephra
Uninstall kephra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kephra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kephra
Remove kephra Configurations and Data
To remove kephra configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kephra
Remove kephra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kephra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kephra
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kephra package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
