How To Install libcourier-unicode1 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcourier-unicode1 on Debian 9. libcourier-unicode1 is Courier Unicode library (shared runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcourier-unicode1 on Debian 9.

What is libcourier-unicode1

libcourier-unicode1 is:

This library implements several algorithms related to the Unicode Standard:

  • Look up uppercase, lowercase, and titlecase equivalents of a unicode character.
  • Implementation of grapheme and work breaking rules.
  • Implementation of line breaking rules.
  • Several ancillary functions, like looking up the unicode character that corresponds to some HTML 4.0 entity (such as ??&??, for example), and determining the normal width or a double-width status of a unicode character. Also, an adaptation of the iconv(3) API for this unicode library.
  • Look up Unicode script property.

There are three methods to install libcourier-unicode1 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcourier-unicode1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcourier-unicode1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcourier-unicode1

Install libcourier-unicode1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcourier-unicode1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcourier-unicode1

Install libcourier-unicode1 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libcourier-unicode1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcourier-unicode1

How To Uninstall libcourier-unicode1 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libcourier-unicode1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcourier-unicode1

Uninstall libcourier-unicode1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcourier-unicode1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcourier-unicode1

Remove libcourier-unicode1 Configurations and Data

To remove libcourier-unicode1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcourier-unicode1

Remove libcourier-unicode1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcourier-unicode1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcourier-unicode1

Dependencies

libcourier-unicode1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcourier-unicode1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.