How To Install anthy-el on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install anthy-el on Debian 9. anthy-el is input method for Japanese - elisp frontend

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install anthy-el on Debian 9.

What is anthy-el

anthy-el is:

Anthy is a Japanese input method working on X11 and Emacs. It converts hiragana text to mixed kana and kanji. It is implemented as a library and stores private information securely in ~/.anthy/. Thus, Anthy is simple and secure (information is protected from spoofing and snooping).

This package provides an Anthy frontend for Emacs.

There are three methods to install anthy-el on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install anthy-el Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install anthy-el

Install anthy-el Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install anthy-el

Install anthy-el 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install anthy-el using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install anthy-el

How To Uninstall anthy-el on Debian 9

To uninstall only the anthy-el package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove anthy-el

Uninstall anthy-el And Its Dependencies

To uninstall anthy-el and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove anthy-el

Remove anthy-el Configurations and Data

To remove anthy-el configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge anthy-el

Remove anthy-el configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge anthy-el

Dependencies

anthy-el have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install anthy-el package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.