How To Install iso-codes on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iso-codes on Ubuntu.
What is iso-codes
iso-codes is:
This package provides the ISO 639, ISO 639-3, and ISO 639-5 language code lists, the ISO 4217 currency code list, the ISO 3166 territory code list, the ISO 3166-2 sub-territory list, and the ISO 15924 script code list as JSON files.
More importantly, it also provides their translations to be used by other programs.
There are three methods to install iso-codes on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install iso-codes Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install iso-codes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iso-codes
Install iso-codes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iso-codes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iso-codes
Install iso-codes 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 iso-codes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iso-codes
How To Uninstall iso-codes on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the iso-codes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iso-codes
Uninstall iso-codes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iso-codes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iso-codes
Remove iso-codes Configurations and Data
To remove iso-codes configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iso-codes
Remove iso-codes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iso-codes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iso-codes
Dependencies
iso-codes have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iso-codes package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.