How To Install unicode-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unicode-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unicode-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
