Geany is a powerful, lightweight, and feature-rich text editor that can be used to write code or plain text. Here are the steps to install Geany on the latest version of Elementary OS.
Before installing any software, it is always recommended to update your system. To do this, open your terminal and enter the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
This command will update your system and install any available updates.
Geany is available in the default package repository of Elementary OS, and you can install it by executing the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get install geany
The package manager will download and install all the required dependencies automatically.
Once the installation is finished, you can verify if Geany is installed on your system by running the following command:
geany
This will open up the Geany text editor.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Geany on your Elementary OS system. You can start writing your code or plain text using the Geany text editor.
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