How To Install conv-tools on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install conv-tools
on Debian 11.
What is conv-tools
conv-tools is:
The mixconv utility reads a mixed-encoding text file, analyzes each line to determine whether it is in 7-bit ASCII, an 8-bit encoding, UTF-8 or WTF-8, converts everything to UTF-8 and prints the result to standard output.
The dirconv utility scans a directory structure, analyzes each file and directory name to determine whether it is in 7-bit ASCII, an 8-bit encoding, UTF-8 or WTF-8, converts everything to UTF-8, and renames the files and directories accordingly.
There are three methods to install conv-tools
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install conv-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install conv-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install conv-tools
Install conv-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install conv-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install conv-tools
Install conv-tools 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 conv-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install conv-tools
How To Uninstall conv-tools on Debian 11
To uninstall only the conv-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove conv-tools
Uninstall conv-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall conv-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove conv-tools
Remove conv-tools Configurations and Data
To remove conv-tools
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge conv-tools
Remove conv-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove conv-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge conv-tools
Dependencies
conv-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install conv-tools
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.