How To Install libicu-le-hb-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libicu-le-hb-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libicu-le-hb-dev
libicu-le-hb-dev is:
A library implementing the ICU Layout Engine (icu-le) API using external HarfBuzz library for implementation. This is useful as a compatibility layer to make applications using ICU Layout Engine to use HarfBuzz without porting them to use the HarfBuzz API.
The code is mostly a trimmed down version of icu/source/layout, with all shapers stripped out, and HarfBuzz integrated.
There are three methods to install libicu-le-hb-dev
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 libicu-le-hb-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libicu-le-hb-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libicu-le-hb-dev
Install libicu-le-hb-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libicu-le-hb-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libicu-le-hb-dev
Install libicu-le-hb-dev 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 libicu-le-hb-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libicu-le-hb-dev
How To Uninstall libicu-le-hb-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libicu-le-hb-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libicu-le-hb-dev
Uninstall libicu-le-hb-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libicu-le-hb-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libicu-le-hb-dev
Remove libicu-le-hb-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libicu-le-hb-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libicu-le-hb-dev
Remove libicu-le-hb-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libicu-le-hb-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libicu-le-hb-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libicu-le-hb-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.