How to Install and Uninstall gettext Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "gettext" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install gettext on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gettext
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gettext" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall gettext on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gettext
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gettext package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gettext
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.19.7-2ubuntu3.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4188
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libcroco3 (>= 0.6.2), libgomp1 (>= 4.9), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libunistring0, libxml2 (>= 2.9.1), gettext-base, dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Recommends: curl | wget | lynx-cur, libasprintf-dev, libgettextpo-dev
Suggests: gettext-doc, autopoint
Breaks: autopoint (<= 0.17-11)
Filename: pool/main/g/gettext/gettext_0.19.7-2ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1081964
MD5sum: f4d5dc6158a831d3e2b2e380e7bbcdf9
SHA1: 06faa9888b58302821b42eda5ab28f059ee092cf
SHA256: b563c88063229b34ac1594dcfdf1acde83eba778a30b88d0440e1d3d0821e0cf
SHA512: 2c9b50809649248c8801e966b67a42fc565048f94f865f3edebc7379f24a0c8423eabade28ab9e9aa35dfdeb9543366cf9b33ebe288bd2630b4295c95287d912
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
Description-en: GNU Internationalization utilities
Interesting for authors or maintainers of other packages or programs
which they want to see internationalized.
Description-md5: 0db85b3962766eeef57d5324263a308e
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntukylin-desktop
Supported: 5y

Package: gettext
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 4188
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.19.7-2ubuntu3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libcroco3 (>= 0.6.2), libgomp1 (>= 4.9), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libunistring0, libxml2 (>= 2.9.1), gettext-base, dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Recommends: curl | wget | lynx-cur, libasprintf-dev, libgettextpo-dev
Suggests: gettext-doc, autopoint
Breaks: autopoint (<= 0.17-11)
Filename: pool/main/g/gettext/gettext_0.19.7-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 1076198
MD5sum: fd0d81b73104f2357ea09efcb326c48b
SHA1: 7459e475f520b8c50ff9fc6675fba3d0c52b1523
SHA256: 9e496dc4dad17e9e63db9f103b2c299a4564e71df1adfdd290619d0c010aafe3
Description-en: GNU Internationalization utilities
Interesting for authors or maintainers of other packages or programs
which they want to see internationalized.
Description-md5: 0db85b3962766eeef57d5324263a308e
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntukylin-desktop