How To Install libudunits2-data on Debian 10

Learn how to install libudunits2-data on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libudunits2-data is Data for handling of units of physical quantities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libudunits2-data on Debian 10.

What is libudunits2-data

libudunits2-data is:

The UDUNITS package supports units of physical quantities (e.g., meters, seconds). Specifically, it supports conversion between string and binary representations of units, arithmetic manipulation of units, and conversion of numeric values between compatible units. The package is written in the C programming language.

This package provides the data files used by the library.

There are three methods to install libudunits2-data on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libudunits2-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libudunits2-data using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libudunits2-data

Install libudunits2-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libudunits2-data using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libudunits2-data

Install libudunits2-data 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 libudunits2-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libudunits2-data

How To Uninstall libudunits2-data on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libudunits2-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libudunits2-data

Uninstall libudunits2-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libudunits2-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libudunits2-data

Remove libudunits2-data Configurations and Data

To remove libudunits2-data configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libudunits2-data

Remove libudunits2-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libudunits2-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libudunits2-data

Dependencies

libudunits2-data have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libudunits2-data package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.