How To Install gucharmap on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gucharmap on Ubuntu 22.04. gucharmap is Unicode character picker and font browser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gucharmap on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is gucharmap

gucharmap is:

This program allows you to browse through all the available Unicode characters and categories for the installed fonts, and to examine their detailed properties. It is an easy way to find the character you might only know by its Unicode name or code point.

There are three methods to install gucharmap on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gucharmap Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gucharmap

Install gucharmap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gucharmap using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gucharmap

Install gucharmap 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 gucharmap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gucharmap

How To Uninstall gucharmap on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the gucharmap package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gucharmap

Uninstall gucharmap And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gucharmap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gucharmap

Remove gucharmap Configurations and Data

To remove gucharmap configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gucharmap

Remove gucharmap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gucharmap

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gucharmap package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.