How To Install libutf8-locale0 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libutf8-locale0 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libutf8-locale0 is Detect a UTF-8-capable locale for running programs in - shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libutf8-locale0 on Debian 12.

What is libutf8-locale0

libutf8-locale0 is:

Sometimes it is useful for a program to be able to run a child process and more or less depend on its output being valid UTF-8. This can usually be accomplished by setting one or more environment variables, but there is the question of what to set them to - what UTF-8-capable locale is present on this particular system? This is where the utf8_locale module comes in.

This package contains the libutf8_locale shared library.

There are three methods to install libutf8-locale0 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libutf8-locale0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libutf8-locale0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libutf8-locale0

Install libutf8-locale0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libutf8-locale0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libutf8-locale0

Install libutf8-locale0 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 libutf8-locale0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libutf8-locale0

How To Uninstall libutf8-locale0 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libutf8-locale0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libutf8-locale0

Uninstall libutf8-locale0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libutf8-locale0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libutf8-locale0

Remove libutf8-locale0 Configurations and Data

To remove libutf8-locale0 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libutf8-locale0

Remove libutf8-locale0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libutf8-locale0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libutf8-locale0

Dependencies

libutf8-locale0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libutf8-locale0 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.