How To Install unicode 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 unicode on Ubuntu.
What is unicode
unicode is:
unicode is a simple command line utility that displays properties for a given unicode character, or searches unicode database for a given name.
There are three methods to install unicode 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 unicode Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install unicode using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unicode
Install unicode Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install unicode using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unicode
Install unicode 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 unicode using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unicode
How To Uninstall unicode on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the unicode package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unicode
Uninstall unicode And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unicode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unicode
Remove unicode Configurations and Data
To remove unicode configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unicode
Remove unicode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unicode configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unicode
Dependencies
unicode have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unicode package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.