How To Install libunac1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunac1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libunac1 is unac programming library - runtime version

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunac1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libunac1

libunac1 is:

Unac is a C programmer’s library that removes accents from a string.

This package contains only the shared library libunac.so.* and copyright information. It is only necessary for programs that use this library. If you plan on doing development with Unac, you will need the companion -dev package as well.

There are three methods to install libunac1 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 libunac1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libunac1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libunac1

Install libunac1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libunac1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libunac1

Install libunac1 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 libunac1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libunac1

How To Uninstall libunac1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libunac1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libunac1

Uninstall libunac1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libunac1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunac1

Remove libunac1 Configurations and Data

To remove libunac1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libunac1

Remove libunac1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libunac1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunac1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunac1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.