How To Install fcitx-frontend-qt4 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-frontend-qt4
on Debian 10.
What is fcitx-frontend-qt4
fcitx-frontend-qt4 is:
Fcitx is a input method framework with extension support, which provides an interface for entering characters of different scripts in applications using a variety of mapping systems.
It offers a pleasant and modern experience, with intuitive graphical configuration tools and customizable skins and mapping tables. It is highly modularized and extensible, with GTK+ 2/3 and Qt4 IM Modules, support for UIs based on Fbterm, pure Xlib, GTK+, or KDE, and a developer-friendly API.
This package provides the QT 4 IM Module frontend, which is recommended for KDE4 desktop users.
There are three methods to install fcitx-frontend-qt4
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fcitx-frontend-qt4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx-frontend-qt4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-frontend-qt4
Install fcitx-frontend-qt4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx-frontend-qt4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx-frontend-qt4
Install fcitx-frontend-qt4 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 fcitx-frontend-qt4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-frontend-qt4
How To Uninstall fcitx-frontend-qt4 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fcitx-frontend-qt4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx-frontend-qt4
Uninstall fcitx-frontend-qt4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx-frontend-qt4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx-frontend-qt4
Remove fcitx-frontend-qt4 Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx-frontend-qt4
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-frontend-qt4
Remove fcitx-frontend-qt4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx-frontend-qt4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx-frontend-qt4
Dependencies
fcitx-frontend-qt4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-frontend-qt4
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.