How To Install chinese-calendar on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install chinese-calendar on Ubuntu 18.04. chinese-calendar is Chinese lunar calendar

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install chinese-calendar on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is chinese-calendar

chinese-calendar is:

This indicator is used to show a Chinese lunar calendar which is tailored for Chinese users. The calendar can show festivals and the 24 solar terms, year and month is also selectable.

This calendar is a default application in the Ubuntu Kylin flavour.

There are three methods to install chinese-calendar on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install chinese-calendar Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install chinese-calendar

Install chinese-calendar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install chinese-calendar

Install chinese-calendar 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 chinese-calendar using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install chinese-calendar

How To Uninstall chinese-calendar on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the chinese-calendar package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove chinese-calendar

Uninstall chinese-calendar And Its Dependencies

To uninstall chinese-calendar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove chinese-calendar

Remove chinese-calendar Configurations and Data

To remove chinese-calendar configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge chinese-calendar

Remove chinese-calendar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chinese-calendar

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install chinese-calendar package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.