How To Install libjconv-bin on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjconv-bin on Ubuntu 20.04. libjconv-bin is charset conversion library - binaries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjconv-bin on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libjconv-bin

libjconv-bin is:

This library provide Japanese Code Conversion capability based on iconv. It is based by application to enlarge number of supported encoding. It is not only for Japanese people, it is used as helper in sylpheed mailer.

This package contains the jconv program which does conversions between encodings using libjconv.

There are three methods to install libjconv-bin on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libjconv-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libjconv-bin

Install libjconv-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjconv-bin

Install libjconv-bin 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libjconv-bin

How To Uninstall libjconv-bin on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libjconv-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjconv-bin

Uninstall libjconv-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjconv-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjconv-bin

Remove libjconv-bin Configurations and Data

To remove libjconv-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjconv-bin

Remove libjconv-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjconv-bin

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjconv-bin package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.