How to Install gedit software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

How to Install gedit software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

gedit software package provides official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment, you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gedit 

gedit is installed in your system.

Make ensure the gedit package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gedit *

You will get with gedit package name, version, architecture and description in a table

gedit package basic information:

Distro Debian 9 stretch
Section GNOME
Package gedit
Version 3.22.0-1
Description official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment
Sub Section gnome


See Also, How to uninstall or remove gedit software package from Debian 9 (Stretch)?