How To Install recode on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install recode
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is recode
recode is:
Free
recode' converts files between character sets and usages. When exact transliterations are not possible, it may get rid of the offending characters or fall back on approximations. This program recognizes or produces nearly 300 different character sets and is able to transliterate files between almost any pair. Most RFC 1345 character sets, and all
libiconv’ character sets, are supported.
There are three methods to install recode
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install recode Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install recode
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install recode
Install recode Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install recode
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install recode
Install recode 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 recode
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install recode
How To Uninstall recode on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the recode
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove recode
Uninstall recode And Its Dependencies
To uninstall recode
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove recode
Remove recode Configurations and Data
To remove recode
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge recode
Remove recode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove recode
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge recode
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install recode
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.