How To Install libonig5 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 libonig5 on Ubuntu.
What is libonig5
libonig5 is:
Oniguruma is a library for working with regular expressions.
Different character encoding for every regular expression object can be specified.
There are three methods to install libonig5 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 libonig5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libonig5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libonig5
Install libonig5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libonig5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libonig5
Install libonig5 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 libonig5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libonig5
How To Uninstall libonig5 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libonig5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libonig5
Uninstall libonig5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libonig5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libonig5
Remove libonig5 Configurations and Data
To remove libonig5 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libonig5
Remove libonig5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libonig5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libonig5
Dependencies
libonig5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libonig5 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.