How To Install gettext on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gettext
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gettext
gettext is:
Interesting for authors or maintainers of other packages or programs which they want to see internationalized.
There are three methods to install gettext
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 gettext Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gettext
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gettext
Install gettext Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gettext
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gettext
Install gettext 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 gettext
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gettext
How To Uninstall gettext on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gettext
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gettext
Uninstall gettext And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gettext
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gettext
Remove gettext Configurations and Data
To remove gettext
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gettext
Remove gettext configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gettext
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gettext
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gettext
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.