Thanks for the update!

I've looked more closely at Geany's Manual at https://www.geany.org/manual/current/index.html and specifically under https://www.geany.org/manual/current/index.html#installation
For most people, me included, if the software command isn't a simple
$ pip install geany 1.38 (like a Python program/lib install) OR MORE LIKELY:
$ sudo apt install geany 1.38 (from a Terminal)
we, the NON-erudite programmers sub-class or "Microsoft previously handheld use Visual Studio auto-make-compile-build-link/etc." subset (and there are plenty of us) - we will fail miserably at any non-straightforward software install.
And thus the Geany install process "appears" to be well, well beyond an easy, normal software setup, for most people.

So I did a Google Search on the terms: linux geany 1.38 install
The following link appeared: How to Install Geany IDE 1.38 via PPA in Ubuntu 20.04 / 18.04 / 21.10 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2021/12/install-geany-ppa-ubuntu/
and https://launchpad.net/~geany-dev/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
It's Ubuntu, but not Debian - but the two OS's are at least somewhat similar cousins and what works for Ubuntu, frequently but not always - works for Debian. That Ubuntu link then led me back to https://www.geany.org/download/third-party/

BUT the Ubuntu PPA is apparently 130 weeks old or 2.5 years out of date and isn't a sure install bet anyway for Debian even if it were up to date. Furthermore, I seriously doubt Debian will have a successful Terminal install using
$ sudo apt remove geany 1.33
$ sudo apt install geany 1.38
precisely because the requisite files/libs/modules will not already be installed and available on Buster/Debian 10 32-bit pc.

I am trying to communicate my view, correct or incorrect, on what an average programmer is likely to see when he/she looks at Geany's 1.38 Manual and might start to attempt to install Geany, then likely have that install process take a week and finally jump into the arms of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code, only to be hoodwinked out of another week's Linux IDE install take-down time.

You guys are familiar with Geany's total technical install subparts and multiple pre-existing library requisites, we the simple-minded "sudo apt installers" are not.

How to Install Software on Linux – Beginners Guide
from August 2, 2022:
Number 1 Method: Use the Package Manager!!!
A package manager is a software tool that allows users to install, upgrade, search, download and remove software packages on an operating system. https://linuxopsys.com/topics/install-software-on-linux
And as of right now, this 3-4 years Linux programmer has not yet found a package manager tool to install Geany 1.38 on Debian 10 Buster 32-bit OS, forgive me. Again, thank you to everyone who has contributed to this thread thus far.

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