How To Install geany-plugin-debugger 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 geany-plugin-debugger on Ubuntu.

What is geany-plugin-debugger

geany-plugin-debugger is:

Features:

• Debugger panel
• Setting target, environment variables and command line arguments
• Breakpoints
• Watches, autos
• Debug terminal
• Debugger messages window
• Variables calltips while debugging
• Saving debug session data in a Geany project (can be switched through settings)
• Double or single panel modes
• Hotkeys

Geany is a small and lightweight integrated development environment using the Gtk+ toolkit.

There are three methods to install geany-plugin-debugger 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 geany-plugin-debugger Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install geany-plugin-debugger

Install geany-plugin-debugger Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install geany-plugin-debugger using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install geany-plugin-debugger

Install geany-plugin-debugger 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 geany-plugin-debugger using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install geany-plugin-debugger

How To Uninstall geany-plugin-debugger on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the geany-plugin-debugger package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove geany-plugin-debugger

Uninstall geany-plugin-debugger And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove geany-plugin-debugger

Remove geany-plugin-debugger Configurations and Data

To remove geany-plugin-debugger configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge geany-plugin-debugger

Remove geany-plugin-debugger configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove geany-plugin-debugger configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geany-plugin-debugger

Dependencies

geany-plugin-debugger have the following dependencies:

• geany-abi-18432
• geany-plugins-common
• geany
• libc6
• libcairo2
• libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libvte-2.91-0
• gdb

References

• geany-plugin-debugger website

Summary

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