How To Install udunits-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install udunits-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is udunits-bin
udunits-bin is:
udunits is a utility for handling units of physical quantities. It supports conversion between string and binary representations of units, arithmetic manipulation of units, and conversion of numeric values between compatible units. The package is written in the C programming language.
There are three methods to install udunits-bin 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 udunits-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install udunits-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install udunits-bin
Install udunits-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install udunits-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install udunits-bin
Install udunits-bin 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 udunits-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install udunits-bin
How To Uninstall udunits-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the udunits-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove udunits-bin
Uninstall udunits-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall udunits-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove udunits-bin
Remove udunits-bin Configurations and Data
To remove udunits-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge udunits-bin
Remove udunits-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove udunits-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge udunits-bin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install udunits-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
