How To Install re 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 re on Ubuntu.
What is re
re is:
Russian Anywhere is a Russian character decoding program. It allows one to transfer Russian characters between different codepages. Main purpose is to convert damaged Russian e-mail messages to readable form and it also may be used to convert files from/to known and unknown codepages.
There are three methods to install re 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 re Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install re using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install re
Install re Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install re using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install re
Install re 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 re using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install re
How To Uninstall re on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the re package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove re
Uninstall re And Its Dependencies
To uninstall re and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove re
Remove re Configurations and Data
To remove re configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge re
Remove re configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove re configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge re
Dependencies
re have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install re package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.