How To Install libunicode-map-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunicode-map-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libunicode-map-perl
libunicode-map-perl is:
This module converts strings from and to 2-byte Unicode UCS2 format. All mappings happen via 2 byte UTF16 encodings, not via 1 byte UTF8 encoding. To convert between UTF8 and UTF16 use Unicode::String.
For historical reasons this module coexists with Unicode::Map8. Please use Unicode::Map8 unless you need to care for >1 byte character sets, e.g. chinese GB2312. Anyway, if you stick to the basic functionality (see documentation) you can use both modules equivalently.
The ’libwww-perl’ package is needed to run the example mirrorMappings.
There are three methods to install libunicode-map-perl 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 libunicode-map-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libunicode-map-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libunicode-map-perl
Install libunicode-map-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libunicode-map-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libunicode-map-perl
Install libunicode-map-perl 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 libunicode-map-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libunicode-map-perl
How To Uninstall libunicode-map-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libunicode-map-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libunicode-map-perl
Uninstall libunicode-map-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libunicode-map-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunicode-map-perl
Remove libunicode-map-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libunicode-map-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libunicode-map-perl
Remove libunicode-map-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libunicode-map-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunicode-map-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunicode-map-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
