How To Install libudunits2-data on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libudunits2-data on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, 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 Ubuntu 22.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libudunits2-data package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.