How To Install ibus-table-wubi on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-table-wubi on Debian 9. ibus-table-wubi is ibus-table input method

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-table-wubi on Debian 9.

What is ibus-table-wubi

ibus-table-wubi is:

This package provide one input method: WuBi.

Wubi is a Chinese input method, check more information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_method .

There are three methods to install ibus-table-wubi on Debian 9. 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-table-wubi 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-table-wubi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ibus-table-wubi

Install ibus-table-wubi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ibus-table-wubi

Install ibus-table-wubi 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-table-wubi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ibus-table-wubi

How To Uninstall ibus-table-wubi on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove ibus-table-wubi

Uninstall ibus-table-wubi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ibus-table-wubi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibus-table-wubi

Remove ibus-table-wubi Configurations and Data

To remove ibus-table-wubi configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ibus-table-wubi

Remove ibus-table-wubi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ibus-table-wubi

Dependencies

ibus-table-wubi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-table-wubi package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.