How To Install brailleutils on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install brailleutils on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is brailleutils
brailleutils is:
BrailleUtils provides a cross platform API for embossing and converting braille in PEF-format. It also supports conversion to and from commonly used “braille” text formats.
This package contains a command-line user interface.
There are three methods to install brailleutils 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 brailleutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install brailleutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install brailleutils
Install brailleutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install brailleutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install brailleutils
Install brailleutils 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 brailleutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install brailleutils
How To Uninstall brailleutils on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the brailleutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove brailleutils
Uninstall brailleutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall brailleutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove brailleutils
Remove brailleutils Configurations and Data
To remove brailleutils configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge brailleutils
Remove brailleutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove brailleutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge brailleutils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install brailleutils package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
