How To Install utf8-migration-tool on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install utf8-migration-tool
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is utf8-migration-tool
utf8-migration-tool is:
This wizard upgrades legacy system locales to their UTF-8 equivalent. It also informs users whenever files in their home directory still utilize legacy encodings.
There are three methods to install utf8-migration-tool
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 utf8-migration-tool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install utf8-migration-tool
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install utf8-migration-tool
Install utf8-migration-tool Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install utf8-migration-tool
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install utf8-migration-tool
Install utf8-migration-tool 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 utf8-migration-tool
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install utf8-migration-tool
How To Uninstall utf8-migration-tool on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the utf8-migration-tool
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove utf8-migration-tool
Uninstall utf8-migration-tool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall utf8-migration-tool
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove utf8-migration-tool
Remove utf8-migration-tool Configurations and Data
To remove utf8-migration-tool
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge utf8-migration-tool
Remove utf8-migration-tool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove utf8-migration-tool
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge utf8-migration-tool
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install utf8-migration-tool
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.