How To Install e2fsprogs-l10n on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs-l10n on Ubuntu 18.04. e2fsprogs-l10n is ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities - translations

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs-l10n on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is e2fsprogs-l10n

e2fsprogs-l10n is:

The ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems are successors of the original ext (“extended”) file system. They are the main file system types used for hard disks on Debian and other Linux systems.

This package provides translations for messages for programs found in the ’e2fsprogs’ package.

There are three methods to install e2fsprogs-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 e2fsprogs-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 e2fsprogs-l10n using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install e2fsprogs-l10n

Install e2fsprogs-l10n Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install e2fsprogs-l10n using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install e2fsprogs-l10n

Install e2fsprogs-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 e2fsprogs-l10n using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install e2fsprogs-l10n

How To Uninstall e2fsprogs-l10n on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the e2fsprogs-l10n package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove e2fsprogs-l10n

Uninstall e2fsprogs-l10n And Its Dependencies

To uninstall e2fsprogs-l10n and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove e2fsprogs-l10n

Remove e2fsprogs-l10n Configurations and Data

To remove e2fsprogs-l10n configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge e2fsprogs-l10n

Remove e2fsprogs-l10n configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove e2fsprogs-l10n configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge e2fsprogs-l10n

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs-l10n package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.