How To Install unicode on Debian 12

Learn how to install unicode on Debian 12 with this tutorial. unicode is display unicode character properties

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unicode on Debian 12.

What is unicode

unicode is:

unicode is a simple command line utility that displays properties for a given unicode character, or searches unicode database for a given name.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install unicode

Install unicode Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install unicode

Install unicode 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 unicode using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install unicode

How To Uninstall unicode on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove unicode

Uninstall unicode And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove unicode

Remove unicode Configurations and Data

To remove unicode configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge unicode

Remove unicode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unicode

Dependencies

unicode have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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