How To Install autopoint on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install autopoint on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is autopoint
autopoint is:
The
autopoint' program copies standard gettext infrastructure files into a source package. It extracts from a macro call of the formAM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(VERSION)’, found in the package’sconfigure.in' orconfigure.ac’ file, the gettext version used by the package, and copies the infrastructure files belonging to this version into the package.
There are three methods to install autopoint on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install autopoint Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install autopoint using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install autopoint
Install autopoint Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install autopoint using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install autopoint
Install autopoint 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 autopoint using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install autopoint
How To Uninstall autopoint on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the autopoint package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove autopoint
Uninstall autopoint And Its Dependencies
To uninstall autopoint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove autopoint
Remove autopoint Configurations and Data
To remove autopoint configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge autopoint
Remove autopoint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove autopoint configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autopoint
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install autopoint package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
