How To Install fcitx-table on Debian 10

Learn how to install fcitx-table on Debian 10 with this tutorial. fcitx-table is Flexible Input Method Framework - table engine

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-table on Debian 10.

What is fcitx-table

fcitx-table 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 table engine. By using this engine, Fcitx can support a large number of table-based input methods such as Wubi, WubiPinyin, etc.

There are three methods to install fcitx-table 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-table 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-table using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-table

Install fcitx-table Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fcitx-table

Install fcitx-table 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-table using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-table

How To Uninstall fcitx-table on Debian 10

To uninstall only the fcitx-table package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fcitx-table

Uninstall fcitx-table And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fcitx-table and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx-table

Remove fcitx-table Configurations and Data

To remove fcitx-table configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-table

Remove fcitx-table configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx-table

Dependencies

fcitx-table have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-table package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.