How To Install konwert on Debian 10

Learn how to install konwert on Debian 10 with this tutorial. konwert is Charset conversion for files or terminal I/O

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install konwert on Debian 10.

What is konwert

konwert is:

`konwert’ is yet another charset converter. Some particular features are:

  • one-to-many conversions
  • context-dependent conversions
  • approximations of some unavailable characters
  • (as a result) ability to transcript e.g. Russian Cyrillic into Polish phonetic equivalent

`filterm’ applies filter conversion to a terminal’s I/O, to get on-the-fly charset conversion, and customized input methods.

There are three methods to install konwert on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install konwert Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install konwert

Install konwert Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install konwert

Install konwert 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 konwert using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install konwert

How To Uninstall konwert on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove konwert

Uninstall konwert And Its Dependencies

To uninstall konwert and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove konwert

Remove konwert Configurations and Data

To remove konwert configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge konwert

Remove konwert configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge konwert

Dependencies

konwert have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install konwert package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.