How To Install ibus-libpinyin on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-libpinyin on Debian 11. ibus-libpinyin is Intelligent Pinyin engine based on libpinyin for IBus

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-libpinyin on Debian 11.

What is ibus-libpinyin

ibus-libpinyin is:

It includes a Chinese Pinyin input method and a Chinese ZhuYin (Bopomofo) input method based on libpinyin for IBus.

There are three methods to install ibus-libpinyin on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ibus-libpinyin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ibus-libpinyin

Install ibus-libpinyin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ibus-libpinyin

Install ibus-libpinyin 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 ibus-libpinyin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ibus-libpinyin

How To Uninstall ibus-libpinyin on Debian 11

To uninstall only the ibus-libpinyin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ibus-libpinyin

Uninstall ibus-libpinyin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ibus-libpinyin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibus-libpinyin

Remove ibus-libpinyin Configurations and Data

To remove ibus-libpinyin configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ibus-libpinyin

Remove ibus-libpinyin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ibus-libpinyin

Dependencies

ibus-libpinyin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-libpinyin package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.