How To Install libidn12 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libidn12
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libidn12
libidn12 is:
GNU Libidn is a fully documented implementation of the Stringprep, Punycode and IDNA specifications. Libidn’s purpose is to encode and decode internationalized domain names. The Nameprep, XMPP, SASLprep, and iSCSI profiles are supported.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libidn12
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libidn12 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libidn12
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libidn12
Install libidn12 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libidn12
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libidn12
Install libidn12 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 libidn12
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libidn12
How To Uninstall libidn12 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libidn12
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libidn12
Uninstall libidn12 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libidn12
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libidn12
Remove libidn12 Configurations and Data
To remove libidn12
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libidn12
Remove libidn12 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libidn12
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libidn12
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libidn12
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.