How To Install fcitx5-pinyin on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-pinyin on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fcitx5-pinyin
fcitx5-pinyin 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 the builtin pinyin input method. It provides the default pinyin input method for Chinese users.
There are three methods to install fcitx5-pinyin on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-pinyin 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-pinyin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx5-pinyin
Install fcitx5-pinyin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-pinyin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx5-pinyin
Install fcitx5-pinyin 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-pinyin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx5-pinyin
How To Uninstall fcitx5-pinyin on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fcitx5-pinyin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx5-pinyin
Uninstall fcitx5-pinyin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx5-pinyin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx5-pinyin
Remove fcitx5-pinyin Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx5-pinyin configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx5-pinyin
Remove fcitx5-pinyin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx5-pinyin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx5-pinyin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-pinyin package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
