How To Install poedit 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 poedit on Ubuntu.

What is `poedit`

poedit is:

Poedit is an editor for gettext catalogs (.po files). It aims to provide a convenient approach to editing catalogs. It features UTF-8 support, fuzzy and untranslated records highlighting, whitespace highlighting, references browser, header editing and can be used to create new catalogs or update existing catalogs from source code with a single click. It is built with wxWidgets toolkit.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install poedit

Install poedit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install poedit

Install poedit 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 poedit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install poedit

How To Uninstall poedit on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove poedit

Uninstall poedit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove poedit

Remove poedit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge poedit

Remove poedit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge poedit

Dependencies

poedit have the following dependencies:

References

poedit website

Summary

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