How To Install fcitx5-table-other on Debian 12

Learn how to install fcitx5-table-other on Debian 12 with this tutorial. fcitx5-table-other is Additional table based input method for Fcitx 5

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-table-other on Debian 12.

What is fcitx5-table-other

fcitx5-table-other 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+ and Qt IM Modules, support for UIs based on Fbterm, pure Xlib, GTK+, or KDE, and a developer-friendly API.

This metapackage recommends all additional table based input methods provided by fcitx5-table-other project.

There are three methods to install fcitx5-table-other on Debian 12. 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-table-other 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-table-other using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fcitx5-table-other

Install fcitx5-table-other Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-table-other using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fcitx5-table-other

Install fcitx5-table-other 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-table-other using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fcitx5-table-other

How To Uninstall fcitx5-table-other on Debian 12

To uninstall only the fcitx5-table-other package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fcitx5-table-other

Uninstall fcitx5-table-other And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fcitx5-table-other and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx5-table-other

Remove fcitx5-table-other Configurations and Data

To remove fcitx5-table-other configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx5-table-other

Remove fcitx5-table-other configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fcitx5-table-other configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx5-table-other

Dependencies

fcitx5-table-other have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-table-other package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.