How To Install intltool-debian on Debian 10

Learn how to install intltool-debian on Debian 10 with this tutorial. intltool-debian is Help i18n of RFC822 compliant config files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install intltool-debian on Debian 10.

What is intltool-debian

intltool-debian is:

Intltool is a bunch of scripts written by the GNOME project to internationalize many different file formats. This package is a slightly modified version which adds support for RFC822 compliant config files, e.g. Debconf templates files.

There are three methods to install intltool-debian 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 intltool-debian Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install intltool-debian

Install intltool-debian Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install intltool-debian

Install intltool-debian 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 intltool-debian using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install intltool-debian

How To Uninstall intltool-debian on Debian 10

To uninstall only the intltool-debian package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove intltool-debian

Uninstall intltool-debian And Its Dependencies

To uninstall intltool-debian and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove intltool-debian

Remove intltool-debian Configurations and Data

To remove intltool-debian configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge intltool-debian

Remove intltool-debian configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge intltool-debian

Dependencies

intltool-debian have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install intltool-debian package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.