How To Install librsyntaxtextarea-java 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 librsyntaxtextarea-java on Ubuntu.

What is librsyntaxtextarea-java

librsyntaxtextarea-java is:

RSyntaxTextArea extends JTextComponent so it integrates completely with the standard javax.swing.text package. It is fast and efficient, and can be used in any application that needs to edit or view source code.

Some of RSyntaxTextArea’s features include:

• Syntax highlighting for over 25 programming languages
• Find/Replace with standard options
• Loading and saving of local or remote files
• User-defined macros
• Code templates
• Unlimited undo/redo
• Drag and drop
• Edit with multiple fonts simultaneously
• Bracket matching
• Current line highlighting
• Clickable hyperlinks (only certain languages)

There are three methods to install librsyntaxtextarea-java 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 librsyntaxtextarea-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install librsyntaxtextarea-java

Install librsyntaxtextarea-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librsyntaxtextarea-java

Install librsyntaxtextarea-java 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 librsyntaxtextarea-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librsyntaxtextarea-java

How To Uninstall librsyntaxtextarea-java on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the librsyntaxtextarea-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librsyntaxtextarea-java

Uninstall librsyntaxtextarea-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librsyntaxtextarea-java

Remove librsyntaxtextarea-java Configurations and Data

To remove librsyntaxtextarea-java configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librsyntaxtextarea-java

Remove librsyntaxtextarea-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librsyntaxtextarea-java

Dependencies

librsyntaxtextarea-java have the following dependencies:

References

• librsyntaxtextarea-java website

Summary

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