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How to install Pluma 1.20.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To install Pluma 1.20.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

Pluma is a fork of gedit and the default text editor of the MATE desktop environment used in Linux distributions. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of Pluma on Ubuntu 18.04.

Installation

Update the system repository using the following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

Install the Pluma package using the following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install pluma -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3
  libaprutil1-ldap
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gir1.2-pluma-1.0 libpeas-1.0-python2loader mate-desktop-common pluma-common
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gir1.2-pluma-1.0 libpeas-1.0-python2loader mate-desktop-common pluma pluma-common
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 22 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,114 kB of archives.
After this operation, 16.4 MB of additional disk space will be used.
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Unpacking pluma-common (1.20.1-3ubuntu1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package pluma.
Preparing to unpack .../pluma_1.20.1-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking pluma (1.20.1-3ubuntu1) ...
Setting up pluma-common (1.20.1-3ubuntu1) ...
Setting up gir1.2-pluma-1.0 (1.20.1-3ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3.18.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.56.1-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up mate-desktop-common (1.20.1-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libpeas-1.0-python2loader:amd64 (1.22.0-2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Setting up pluma (1.20.1-3ubuntu1) ...

Once Installation is done you can access the Pluma from the Menu as shown here

Pluma application

The version of Pluma can be found in Help-> About

With this, the method to install Pluma 1.20.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.

Tag : Text Editor Ubuntu
FAQ
Q
How to Install Pluma in Xubuntu?
A
run the following command:
sudo apt-get install pluma
Q
What are the requirements for Pluma?
A
Pluma is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. Pluma requires GTK+-2.16.x, GtkSourceView 2.4.x, and MateConf libraries. PyGobject 2.12.x, PyGtk 2.12.x and PyGtkSourceView 2.4.x are required to
enable python plugins support.
Q
How to install Pluma 1.20.1 on linuxmint?
A
Execute the following command:
# apt-get install pluma
Q
What are the features available in Pluma?
A
The features are,
Complete support for UTF-8 text
Syntax highlighting
Support for editing remote files
Search and Replace
Printing and Print Previewing Support
File Revert
A complete preferences interface
Configurable Plugin system, with optional python support
Q
What is Pluma in Ubuntu?
A
Pluma is a fork of gedit and the default text editor of the MATE desktop environment used in Linux distributions