How To Install im-config on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install im-config on Ubuntu 20.04. im-config is Input method configuration framework Input method configuration framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install im-config on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `im-config`

im-config is:

im-config package provides the framework to configure and to switch the input method on X Window System. This input method is the essential mechanism for Japanese, Chinese and Korean (CJK) languages to enter their non-ASCII native characters.

Many modern input methods such as IBus support not only one of these CJK languages but support almost all languages simultaneously by dynamically switching keyboard modes with GUI helper program.

By installing this package, the most desirable input method and its backend conversion engine are automatically configured with both the X Window System Input Method (XIM), GTK+ input method module, Qt input method module, and clutter input method module.

You can further customize your input method with ‘im-config’ command. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: im-config Architecture: all Version: 0.44-1ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: x11 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Input Method Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 528 Provides: im-switch Depends: gettext-base Recommends: x11-common, zenity | kdialog | kde-baseapps-bin (« 4:16.08.3-2~) | whiptail Conflicts: im-switch Filename: pool/main/i/im-config/im-config_0.44-1ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 25408 MD5sum: 12e28a89968d1c786b50a8b23681d96c SHA1: 60402791cac71f9f52a8a5d56b34c894080bfed7 SHA256: c446e3b8864ca0afd7409456a7123d083b8701d109ab6abaa2c39f902fc8a72c Description-en: Input method configuration framework im-config package provides the framework to configure and to switch the input method on X Window System. This input method is the essential mechanism for Japanese, Chinese and Korean (CJK) languages to enter their non-ASCII native characters.

Many modern input methods such as IBus support not only one of these CJK languages but support almost all languages simultaneously by dynamically switching keyboard modes with GUI helper program.

There are three methods to install im-config 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 im-config Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install im-config

Install im-config Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install im-config

Install im-config 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 im-config using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install im-config

How To Uninstall im-config on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the im-config package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove im-config

Uninstall im-config And Its Dependencies

To uninstall im-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove im-config

Remove im-config Configurations and Data

To remove im-config configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge im-config

Remove im-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge im-config

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install im-config package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.