How To Install libchewing3-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchewing3-dev on Debian 9. libchewing3-dev is intelligent phonetic input method library (developer version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchewing3-dev on Debian 9.

What is libchewing3-dev

libchewing3-dev is:

libchewing is an intelligent phonetic input method library for Chinese.

It provides the core algorithm and logic so that they can be shared among the various input methods like JMCCE, xcin-chewing, scim-chewing, iiimf-chewing, screen-chewing, ime-chewing, etc.

The Chewing input method is a smart bopomofo fonetics input method that is useful for inputing Mandarin Chinese based language.

This package contains static library and header files for developer.

There are three methods to install libchewing3-dev 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 libchewing3-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libchewing3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libchewing3-dev

Install libchewing3-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libchewing3-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libchewing3-dev

Install libchewing3-dev 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 libchewing3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libchewing3-dev

How To Uninstall libchewing3-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libchewing3-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libchewing3-dev

Uninstall libchewing3-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libchewing3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libchewing3-dev

Remove libchewing3-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libchewing3-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libchewing3-dev

Remove libchewing3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libchewing3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libchewing3-dev

Dependencies

libchewing3-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchewing3-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.