How To Install po2l20n on Ubuntu 22.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install translate-toolkit

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is po2l20n and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 22.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 22.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install po2l20n on Ubuntu 22.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install po2l20n using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install po2l20n using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install translate-toolkit

Install po2l20n using apt

Because po2l20n is available in Ubuntu 22.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install po2l20n using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install translate-toolkit

Install po2l20n 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 22.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install po2l20n by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install translate-toolkit

How to upgrade (update) a single package po2l20n using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the po2l20n, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install translate-toolkit

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install translate-toolkit

How To Uninstall po2l20n from Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the po2l20n package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove translate-toolkit

Uninstall po2l20n and all its dependencies

To uninstall po2l20n and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove translate-toolkit

Remove po2l20n with all configurations and data

To remove po2l20n configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge translate-toolkit

Remove po2l20n completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to po2l20n package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge translate-toolkit

Extra info and code examples

The Translate Toolkit is a Python library and a set of software designed to help make the lives of localizers both more productive and less frustrating. The software includes programs to convert localization formats to the common PO format and programs to check and manage PO files and utilities to create word counts, merge translations and perform various checks on PO files. Supported localization storage formats are: DTD, properties, OpenOffice.org GSI/SDF, CSV, MO, Qt .ts and of course PO and XLIFF. This package includes documentation for the command line utilities and the Translate Toolkit API.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install po2l20n using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the po2l20n from Ubuntu 22.04.

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