Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtksourceview2.0-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgtksourceview2.0-common
libgtksourceview2.0-common is:
GtkSourceView is a text widget that extends the standard GTK+ 2.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 libgtksourceview2.0-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 libgtksourceview2.0-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 libgtksourceview2.0-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgtksourceview2.0-common
Install libgtksourceview2.0-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgtksourceview2.0-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgtksourceview2.0-common
Install libgtksourceview2.0-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 libgtksourceview2.0-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgtksourceview2.0-common
How To Uninstall libgtksourceview2.0-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgtksourceview2.0-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgtksourceview2.0-common
Uninstall libgtksourceview2.0-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgtksourceview2.0-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgtksourceview2.0-common
Remove libgtksourceview2.0-common Configurations and Data
To remove libgtksourceview2.0-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgtksourceview2.0-common
Remove libgtksourceview2.0-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgtksourceview2.0-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgtksourceview2.0-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtksourceview2.0-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
