How To Install smarty-gettext on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install smarty-gettext on Ubuntu 18.04. smarty-gettext is Gettext plugin enabling internationalization in Smarty

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smarty-gettext on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is smarty-gettext

smarty-gettext is:

Smarty Gettext is a Smarty plugin providing internationalization support based on the standard gettext mechanism. Smarty is a popular PHP templating engine.

This package contains the Smarty Gettext plugin that provides i18n support to the Smarty templating engine.

There are three methods to install smarty-gettext 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 smarty-gettext Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smarty-gettext

Install smarty-gettext Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install smarty-gettext

Install smarty-gettext 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 smarty-gettext using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smarty-gettext

How To Uninstall smarty-gettext on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the smarty-gettext package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove smarty-gettext

Uninstall smarty-gettext And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smarty-gettext

Remove smarty-gettext Configurations and Data

To remove smarty-gettext configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge smarty-gettext

Remove smarty-gettext configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smarty-gettext

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Summary

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