How To Install iso-codes on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install iso-codes on Debian 11. iso-codes is ISO language, territory, currency, script codes and their translations

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iso-codes on Debian 11.

What is iso-codes

iso-codes is:

This package provides the ISO 639, ISO 639-3, and ISO 639-5 language code lists, the ISO 4217 currency code list, the ISO 3166 territory code list, the ISO 3166-2 sub-territory list, and the ISO 15924 script code list as JSON files.

More importantly, it also provides their translations to be used by other programs.

There are three methods to install iso-codes 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 iso-codes Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install iso-codes

Install iso-codes Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install iso-codes

Install iso-codes 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 iso-codes using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install iso-codes

How To Uninstall iso-codes on Debian 11

To uninstall only the iso-codes package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove iso-codes

Uninstall iso-codes And Its Dependencies

To uninstall iso-codes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove iso-codes

Remove iso-codes Configurations and Data

To remove iso-codes configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge iso-codes

Remove iso-codes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iso-codes

Dependencies

iso-codes have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iso-codes package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.