How To Install udunits-bin on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install udunits-bin on Debian 9. udunits-bin is Utility for handling units of physical quantities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install udunits-bin on Debian 9.

What is udunits-bin

udunits-bin is:

udunits is a utility for handling units of physical quantities. It supports conversion between string and binary representations of units, arithmetic manipulation of units, and conversion of numeric values between compatible units. The package is written in the C programming language.

There are three methods to install udunits-bin 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 udunits-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 udunits-bin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install udunits-bin

Install udunits-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install udunits-bin

Install udunits-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install udunits-bin

How To Uninstall udunits-bin on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove udunits-bin

Uninstall udunits-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove udunits-bin

Remove udunits-bin Configurations and Data

To remove udunits-bin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge udunits-bin

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

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

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

Dependencies

udunits-bin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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