How To Install libjconv2 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libjconv2 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libjconv2 is charset conversion library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjconv2 on Debian 10.

What is libjconv2

libjconv2 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.

There are three methods to install libjconv2 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libjconv2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libjconv2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjconv2

Install libjconv2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libjconv2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libjconv2

Install libjconv2 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 libjconv2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjconv2

How To Uninstall libjconv2 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libjconv2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjconv2

Uninstall libjconv2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjconv2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjconv2

Remove libjconv2 Configurations and Data

To remove libjconv2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjconv2

Remove libjconv2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libjconv2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjconv2

Dependencies

libjconv2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjconv2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.