How To Install libtranscript1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtranscript1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libtranscript1 is Character set conversion library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtranscript1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libtranscript1

libtranscript1 is:

libtranscript is a character-set conversion library, much like the iconv set of functions. The library allows great control over the conversions. It was designed for use in programs which use Unicode internally, using UTF-8, UTF-16 or UTF-32/UCS-4.

libtranscript currently provides converters for the following encodings:

  • Unicode UTF-{7,8,16LE,16BE,32LE,32BE}, CESU-8, GB-18030.
  • ISO-8859-{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7-2003,8,9,10,11,13,14,15,16}.
  • Windows-125{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}.
  • KOI8-{R,U,RU}.
  • ISO-2022-{JP,JP2,JP3,JP2004,KR,CN,CN-EXT}.
  • EUC-{CN,JP,JIS-2004,KR,TW}, Windows-949.
  • Big5, Big5-HKSCS, Windows-950.
  • Shift-JIS, Shift-JISX0213, Shift-JIS-2004, Windows-932.
  • JIS-X-201.
  • Window-936.
  • VISCII.
  • IBM-{37,437,1047}.

There are three methods to install libtranscript1 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 libtranscript1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtranscript1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtranscript1

Install libtranscript1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtranscript1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtranscript1

Install libtranscript1 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 libtranscript1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtranscript1

How To Uninstall libtranscript1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libtranscript1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtranscript1

Uninstall libtranscript1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtranscript1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtranscript1

Remove libtranscript1 Configurations and Data

To remove libtranscript1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtranscript1

Remove libtranscript1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtranscript1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtranscript1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtranscript1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.