How To Install fcitx5-module-wayland on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-module-wayland
on Debian 10.
What is fcitx5-module-wayland
fcitx5-module-wayland is:
Fcitx5 is the next generation of fcitx input method framework. It provides plasant and modern input experience with intuitive graphical configuration tools. The framework is highly extensible with support for GTK+ and Qt toolkits, DBus interfaces, a large variety of desktop environments and a developer-friendly API.
Some of its new features include support of both Wayland and Xorg and the ability to mimic IBus Input Method Framework in order to provide better compatibility across different Linux distributions and desktop environments.
This package provides wayland-related modules for fcitx5.
There are three methods to install fcitx5-module-wayland
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 fcitx5-module-wayland Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-module-wayland
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx5-module-wayland
Install fcitx5-module-wayland Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-module-wayland
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx5-module-wayland
Install fcitx5-module-wayland 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 fcitx5-module-wayland
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx5-module-wayland
How To Uninstall fcitx5-module-wayland on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fcitx5-module-wayland
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx5-module-wayland
Uninstall fcitx5-module-wayland And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx5-module-wayland
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx5-module-wayland
Remove fcitx5-module-wayland Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx5-module-wayland
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx5-module-wayland
Remove fcitx5-module-wayland configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx5-module-wayland
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx5-module-wayland
Dependencies
fcitx5-module-wayland have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-module-wayland
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.