How To Install fcitx-ui-classic on Debian 10

Learn how to install fcitx-ui-classic on Debian 10 with this tutorial. fcitx-ui-classic is Flexible Input Method Framework - Classic user interface

Introduction

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

What is `fcitx-ui-classic`

fcitx-ui-classic 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 classic user interface, which is suitable for most users. It also provides the following skins:

classic: Fcitx 3.x classic skin ported to new infrastructure
dark: the dark skin fits for dark desktop theme
default: the default skin

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

sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-ui-classic

Install fcitx-ui-classic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fcitx-ui-classic

Install fcitx-ui-classic 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-ui-classic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-ui-classic

How To Uninstall fcitx-ui-classic on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove fcitx-ui-classic

Uninstall fcitx-ui-classic And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx-ui-classic

Remove fcitx-ui-classic Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-ui-classic

Remove fcitx-ui-classic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx-ui-classic

Dependencies

fcitx-ui-classic have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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