How To Install dh-translations on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-translations on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dh-translations
dh-translations is:
This package provides a debhelper extension to perform common translation related operations during package build:
Try to build a current PO template.
Remove inline translations from *.desktop, *.server, *.schemas, and *.policy files and replace them with a link to the gettext domain, so that strings in them will get translated at runtime from *.mo files. This allows language packs to ship updated translations.
There are three methods to install dh-translations 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 dh-translations Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-translations using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dh-translations
Install dh-translations Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-translations using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dh-translations
Install dh-translations 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 dh-translations using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dh-translations
How To Uninstall dh-translations on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dh-translations package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dh-translations
Uninstall dh-translations And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dh-translations and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-translations
Remove dh-translations Configurations and Data
To remove dh-translations configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dh-translations
Remove dh-translations configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dh-translations configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-translations
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-translations package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
