How To Install libicu60 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libicu60 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libicu60
libicu60 is:
ICU is a C++ and C library that provides robust and full-featured Unicode and locale support. This package contains the runtime libraries for ICU.
There are three methods to install libicu60 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 libicu60 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libicu60 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libicu60
Install libicu60 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libicu60 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libicu60
Install libicu60 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 libicu60 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libicu60
How To Uninstall libicu60 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libicu60 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libicu60
Uninstall libicu60 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libicu60 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libicu60
Remove libicu60 Configurations and Data
To remove libicu60 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libicu60
Remove libicu60 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libicu60 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libicu60
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libicu60 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
