How To Install hdate on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hdate
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is hdate
hdate is:
LibHdate is a small C,C++ library for Hebrew dates, holidays, and reading sequence (parasha). It is using the source code from Amos Shapir’s “hdate” package fixed and patched by Nadav Har’El. The Torah reading sequence is from tables by Zvi Har’El.
This package provides the hdate command-line utility.
There are three methods to install hdate
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 hdate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hdate
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hdate
Install hdate Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hdate
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hdate
Install hdate 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 hdate
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hdate
How To Uninstall hdate on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the hdate
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hdate
Uninstall hdate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hdate
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hdate
Remove hdate Configurations and Data
To remove hdate
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hdate
Remove hdate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hdate
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hdate
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hdate
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.