How To Install libuninum5 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuninum5 on Ubuntu 18.04. libuninum5 is library for handling numbers as Unicode strings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuninum5 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libuninum5

libuninum5 is:

Libuninum is a library for converting Unicode strings to numbers and numbers to Unicode strings. Standard functions like strtoul, strtod, and sprintf do this for numbers written in the usual Western number system using the Indo-Arabic numerals, but they do not handle other number systems.

Libuninum can handle them properly.

There are three methods to install libuninum5 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 libuninum5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libuninum5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libuninum5

Install libuninum5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libuninum5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libuninum5

Install libuninum5 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 libuninum5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libuninum5

How To Uninstall libuninum5 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libuninum5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libuninum5

Uninstall libuninum5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libuninum5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libuninum5

Remove libuninum5 Configurations and Data

To remove libuninum5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libuninum5

Remove libuninum5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libuninum5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libuninum5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuninum5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.