How To Install freewnn-cserver on Debian 10

Learn how to install freewnn-cserver on Debian 10 with this tutorial. freewnn-cserver is Chinese input system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freewnn-cserver on Debian 10.

What is freewnn-cserver

freewnn-cserver is:

FreeWnn cserver (cWnn) is an integrated Chinese input system running on Unix workstation. It supports a wide range of input methods, satisfying the needs of the Chinese users from all over the world, including P.R.China and Taiwan. FreeWnn cserver is capable of carrying out Hanzi conversion from an arbitrary Pinyin or Zhuyin sequence, hence improving the speed of Pinyin/Zhuyin input.

There are three methods to install freewnn-cserver 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 freewnn-cserver Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install freewnn-cserver using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install freewnn-cserver

Install freewnn-cserver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install freewnn-cserver

Install freewnn-cserver 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 freewnn-cserver using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freewnn-cserver

How To Uninstall freewnn-cserver on Debian 10

To uninstall only the freewnn-cserver package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove freewnn-cserver

Uninstall freewnn-cserver And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freewnn-cserver

Remove freewnn-cserver Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge freewnn-cserver

Remove freewnn-cserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freewnn-cserver

Dependencies

freewnn-cserver have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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