How To Install libchardet1 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchardet1 on Debian 9. libchardet1 is universal charset detection library - shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchardet1 on Debian 9.

What is libchardet1

libchardet1 is:

libchardet is based on Mozilla Universal Charset Detector library and detects the character set used to encode data.

The original code was written by Netscape for the Mozilla Browser. Later, the code was turned into the Encode::Detect Perl module, known in Debian as libencode-detect-perl. This library switches the Perl wrapper API, to form a C library with a libtool build environment.

This package provides the shared libraries needed to run programs using libchardet.

There are three methods to install libchardet1 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libchardet1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libchardet1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libchardet1

Install libchardet1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libchardet1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libchardet1

Install libchardet1 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 libchardet1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libchardet1

How To Uninstall libchardet1 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libchardet1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libchardet1

Uninstall libchardet1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libchardet1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libchardet1

Remove libchardet1 Configurations and Data

To remove libchardet1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libchardet1

Remove libchardet1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libchardet1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libchardet1

Dependencies

libchardet1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchardet1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.