How To Install conv-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install conv-tools on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, 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 Ubuntu 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install conv-tools package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
