How To Install libunistring0 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunistring0 on Debian 9. libunistring0 is Unicode string library for C

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunistring0 on Debian 9.

What is libunistring0

libunistring0 is:

The ’libunistring’ library implements Unicode strings (in the UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32 encodings), together with functions for Unicode characters (character names, classifications, properties) and functions for string processing (formatted output, width, word breaks, line breaks, normalization, case folding, regular expressions).

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libunistring0 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 libunistring0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libunistring0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libunistring0

Install libunistring0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libunistring0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libunistring0

Install libunistring0 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 libunistring0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libunistring0

How To Uninstall libunistring0 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libunistring0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libunistring0

Uninstall libunistring0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libunistring0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunistring0

Remove libunistring0 Configurations and Data

To remove libunistring0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libunistring0

Remove libunistring0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libunistring0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunistring0

Dependencies

libunistring0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunistring0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.