How To Install u8loc on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install u8loc on Debian 12.
What is u8loc
u8loc 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 provides the u8loc command-line tool.
There are three methods to install u8loc 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 u8loc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install u8loc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install u8loc
Install u8loc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install u8loc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install u8loc
Install u8loc 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 u8loc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install u8loc
How To Uninstall u8loc on Debian 12
To uninstall only the u8loc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove u8loc
Uninstall u8loc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall u8loc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove u8loc
Remove u8loc Configurations and Data
To remove u8loc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge u8loc
Remove u8loc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove u8loc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge u8loc
Dependencies
u8loc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install u8loc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
