How To Install libnumbertext-tools on Debian 12

Learn how to install libnumbertext-tools on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libnumbertext-tools is Number to number name and money text conversion library – speller utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnumbertext-tools on Debian 12.

What is libnumbertext-tools

libnumbertext-tools is:

libnumbertext provides easy to configure, lightweight open source C++, Java, JavaScript, Python libraries and a LibreOffice Spreadsheet extension for number to number name conversion, including cardinal and ordinal numbers, ordinal indicators and money amounts with currencies in more than 30 languages and numeral systems.

This package contains the “spellout” tool which uses libnumbertext to spell out numbers.

There are three methods to install libnumbertext-tools on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libnumbertext-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libnumbertext-tools

Install libnumbertext-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libnumbertext-tools

Install libnumbertext-tools 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libnumbertext-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnumbertext-tools

How To Uninstall libnumbertext-tools on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libnumbertext-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnumbertext-tools

Uninstall libnumbertext-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnumbertext-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnumbertext-tools

Remove libnumbertext-tools Configurations and Data

To remove libnumbertext-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnumbertext-tools

Remove libnumbertext-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnumbertext-tools

Dependencies

libnumbertext-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnumbertext-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.