How To Install apertium-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install apertium-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. apertium-dev is Development tools and library for Apertium

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apertium-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is apertium-dev

apertium-dev is:

An open-source shallow-transfer machine translation engine, Apertium is initially aimed at related-language pairs.

This package contains development files for the Apertium shallow-transfer machine translation engine.

There are three methods to install apertium-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install apertium-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install apertium-dev

Install apertium-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install apertium-dev

Install apertium-dev 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install apertium-dev

How To Uninstall apertium-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the apertium-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove apertium-dev

Uninstall apertium-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall apertium-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apertium-dev

Remove apertium-dev Configurations and Data

To remove apertium-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge apertium-dev

Remove apertium-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apertium-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install apertium-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.