How To Install chromium-browser-l10n on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install chromium-browser-l10n on Ubuntu 18.04. chromium-browser-l10n is chromium-browser language packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install chromium-browser-l10n on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is chromium-browser-l10n

chromium-browser-l10n is:

An open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web.

This package contains language packages for 65 languages: am, ar, ast, bg, bn, bs, ca, ca@valencia, cs, da, de, el, en-AU, en-GB, eo, es-419, es, et, eu, fa, fil, fi, fr, gl, gu, he, hi, hr, hu, hy, ia, id, it, ja, ka, kn, ko, ku, kw, lt, lv, ml, mr, ms, nb, nl, pl, pt-BR, pt-PT, ro, ru, sk, sl, sr, sv, sw, ta, te, th, tr, ug, uk, vi, zh-CN, zh-TW

There are three methods to install chromium-browser-l10n 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 chromium-browser-l10n Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install chromium-browser-l10n using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install chromium-browser-l10n

Install chromium-browser-l10n Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install chromium-browser-l10n using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install chromium-browser-l10n

Install chromium-browser-l10n 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 chromium-browser-l10n using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install chromium-browser-l10n

How To Uninstall chromium-browser-l10n on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the chromium-browser-l10n package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove chromium-browser-l10n

Uninstall chromium-browser-l10n And Its Dependencies

To uninstall chromium-browser-l10n and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove chromium-browser-l10n

Remove chromium-browser-l10n Configurations and Data

To remove chromium-browser-l10n configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge chromium-browser-l10n

Remove chromium-browser-l10n configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove chromium-browser-l10n configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chromium-browser-l10n

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install chromium-browser-l10n package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.