How To Install idn on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install idn on Debian 10.
What is idn
idn is:
GNU Libidn is a fully documented implementation of the Stringprep, Punycode and IDNA specifications. Libidn’s purpose is to encode and decode internationalized domain names. The Nameprep, XMPP, SASLprep, and iSCSI profiles are supported.
This package contains the idn command-line tool and its Emacs lisp interface.
There are three methods to install idn on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install idn Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install idn using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install idn
Install idn Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install idn using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install idn
Install idn 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 idn using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install idn
How To Uninstall idn on Debian 10
To uninstall only the idn package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove idn
Uninstall idn And Its Dependencies
To uninstall idn and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove idn
Remove idn Configurations and Data
To remove idn configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge idn
Remove idn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove idn configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge idn
Dependencies
idn have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install idn package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.