How To Install liblouis14 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblouis14 on Ubuntu 18.04. liblouis14 is Braille translation library - shared libs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblouis14 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is liblouis14

liblouis14 is:

Liblouis is a braille translator and back-translator. It features support for computer and literary braille, supports contracted and uncontracted translation for many languages and has support for hyphenation. Liblouis also supports math braille (Nemeth and Marburg).

This package contains shared libraries.

There are three methods to install liblouis14 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 liblouis14 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblouis14 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblouis14

Install liblouis14 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblouis14 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblouis14

Install liblouis14 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 liblouis14 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblouis14

How To Uninstall liblouis14 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the liblouis14 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblouis14

Uninstall liblouis14 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblouis14 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblouis14

Remove liblouis14 Configurations and Data

To remove liblouis14 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblouis14

Remove liblouis14 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblouis14 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblouis14

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblouis14 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.