How To Install unicode-data on Debian 12

Learn how to install unicode-data on Debian 12 with this tutorial. unicode-data is Property data for the Unicode character set

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unicode-data on Debian 12.

What is unicode-data

unicode-data is:

This package contains the property data, for the Unicode data set.

There are three methods to install unicode-data on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install unicode-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install unicode-data

Install unicode-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install unicode-data

Install unicode-data 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install unicode-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install unicode-data

How To Uninstall unicode-data on Debian 12

To uninstall only the unicode-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove unicode-data

Uninstall unicode-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall unicode-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove unicode-data

Remove unicode-data Configurations and Data

To remove unicode-data configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge unicode-data

Remove unicode-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unicode-data

Dependencies

unicode-data have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install unicode-data package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.