How To Install libhz0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhz0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libhz0 is Chinese encoding autoconvert library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhz0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libhz0

libhz0 is:

AutoConvert is an intelligent Chinese Encoding converter. It uses builtin functions to judge the type of the input file’s Chinese Encoding (such as GB/Big5/HZ), then converts the input file to any type of Chinese Encoding you want. You can use autoconvert to handle incoming mail, automatically converting messages to the Chinese Encoding you want. It can alse handle Unicode (UTF-16)/UTF-7/UTF-8 now.

This library provide the Chinese encoding judge function, and the HZ/GB/Big5/UTF-16/UTF-7/UTF-8 convert functions.

There are three methods to install libhz0 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libhz0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhz0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhz0

Install libhz0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhz0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhz0

Install libhz0 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 libhz0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhz0

How To Uninstall libhz0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libhz0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhz0

Uninstall libhz0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhz0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhz0

Remove libhz0 Configurations and Data

To remove libhz0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhz0

Remove libhz0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhz0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhz0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhz0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.