How To Install formiko on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install formiko on Ubuntu.

What is formiko

formiko is:

Features:

• GtkSourceView based editor with syntax highlighting
• possible use Vim editor
• vertical or horizontal window splitting
• preview mode
• periodic save file
• json and html preview

There are three methods to install formiko on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install formiko Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install formiko using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install formiko

Install formiko Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install formiko using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install formiko

Install formiko 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 formiko using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install formiko

How To Uninstall formiko on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the formiko package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove formiko

Uninstall formiko And Its Dependencies

To uninstall formiko and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove formiko

Remove formiko Configurations and Data

To remove formiko configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge formiko

Remove formiko configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove formiko configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge formiko

Dependencies

formiko have the following dependencies:

• gir1.2-gtksource-3.0
• gir1.2-gtkspell3-3.0
• gir1.2-webkit2-4.0
• librsvg2-common
• python3-docutils
• python3-gi
• python3-recommonmark
• python3

References

• formiko website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install formiko package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.