How To Install nkf on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nkf
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is nkf
nkf is:
Nkf is yet another kanji code converter among networks, hosts and terminals. It converts input kanji code to designated kanji code such as 7-bit JIS, MS-kanji (Shifted-JIS) or EUC.
There are three methods to install nkf
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 nkf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nkf
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nkf
Install nkf Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nkf
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nkf
Install nkf 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 nkf
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nkf
How To Uninstall nkf on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the nkf
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nkf
Uninstall nkf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nkf
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nkf
Remove nkf Configurations and Data
To remove nkf
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nkf
Remove nkf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nkf
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nkf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nkf
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.