How To Install tzdata on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tzdata
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is tzdata
tzdata is:
This package contains data required for the implementation of standard local time for many representative locations around the globe. It is updated periodically to reflect changes made by political bodies to time zone boundaries, UTC offsets, and daylight-saving rules.
There are three methods to install tzdata
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 tzdata Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tzdata
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tzdata
Install tzdata Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tzdata
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tzdata
Install tzdata 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 tzdata
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tzdata
How To Uninstall tzdata on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the tzdata
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tzdata
Uninstall tzdata And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tzdata
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tzdata
Remove tzdata Configurations and Data
To remove tzdata
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tzdata
Remove tzdata configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tzdata
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tzdata
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tzdata
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.