How To Install yaz-icu on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaz-icu on Ubuntu 18.04. yaz-icu is command line utility for ICU utilities of YAZ

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaz-icu on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is yaz-icu

yaz-icu is:

YAZ is a toolkit that allows you to develop software using the Z39.50/ISO23950 standard for information retrieval.

The yaz-icu program is a command-line based client which exposes the ICU chain facillity of YAZ.

There are three methods to install yaz-icu 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 yaz-icu Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yaz-icu

Install yaz-icu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yaz-icu

Install yaz-icu 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 yaz-icu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yaz-icu

How To Uninstall yaz-icu on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the yaz-icu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yaz-icu

Uninstall yaz-icu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall yaz-icu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yaz-icu

Remove yaz-icu Configurations and Data

To remove yaz-icu configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yaz-icu

Remove yaz-icu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yaz-icu

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaz-icu package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.