How To Install bibutils on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bibutils on Ubuntu 22.04. bibutils is interconvert various bibliographic data formats

Introduction

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

What is bibutils

bibutils is:

Convert between the following bibliographic data formats: BibTeX, COPAC, EndNote refer, EndNote XML, Pubmed XML, ISI web of science, US Library of Congress MODS XML, RIS, and Word 2007 bibliography.

This package provides command line tools bib2xml, copac2xml, end2xml endx2xml, isi2xml, med2xml, ris2xml which convert to MODS XML format, modsclean which reformats MODS XML, and a matching set of commands xml2ads, xml2bib, xml2end, xml2isi, xml2ris, xml2wordbib which convert from MODS XML.

There are three methods to install bibutils 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 bibutils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bibutils

Install bibutils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bibutils

Install bibutils 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 bibutils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bibutils

How To Uninstall bibutils on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove bibutils

Uninstall bibutils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bibutils

Remove bibutils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bibutils

Remove bibutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bibutils

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Summary

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