How To Install language-pack-ja on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install language-pack-ja on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is language-pack-ja
language-pack-ja is:
Translation data updates for all supported packages for: Japanese
language-pack-ja-base provides the bulk of translation data and is updated only seldom. This package provides frequent translation updates. Task: xubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-dvd-live
Package: language-pack-ja Architecture: all Version: 1:20.04+20200416 Priority: optional Section: translations Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Language pack maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 9 Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.16.1) Depends: language-pack-ja-base (>= 1:20.04+20200416) Replaces: language-pack-gnome-ja (« 1:20.04+20200416), language-pack-gnome-ja-base (« 1:20.04+20200416), language-pack-ja (« 1:20.04+20200416), language-pack-ja-base, language-pack-kde-ja (« 1:20.04+20200416), language-pack-kde-ja-base (« 1:20.04+20200416) Filename: pool/main/l/language-pack-ja/language-pack-ja_20.04+20200416_all.deb Size: 1900 MD5sum: 06f5cf12d49fb88764fcbd761501fd91 SHA1: 76d9702c47a71dd82ef22c379e678521281b7340 SHA256: c8c148fde0315cf4d6bda42d226a02983ca7b779175a1d6e3c652e097761cf06 Description-en: translation updates for language Japanese Translation data updates for all supported packages for: Japanese
language-pack-ja-base provides the bulk of translation data and is updated only seldom. This package provides frequent translation updates. Task: xubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-dvd-live
There are three methods to install language-pack-ja 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 language-pack-ja Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install language-pack-ja using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install language-pack-ja
Install language-pack-ja Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install language-pack-ja using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install language-pack-ja
Install language-pack-ja 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 language-pack-ja using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install language-pack-ja
How To Uninstall language-pack-ja on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the language-pack-ja package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove language-pack-ja
Uninstall language-pack-ja And Its Dependencies
To uninstall language-pack-ja and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove language-pack-ja
Remove language-pack-ja Configurations and Data
To remove language-pack-ja configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge language-pack-ja
Remove language-pack-ja configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove language-pack-ja configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge language-pack-ja
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install language-pack-ja package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.