How To Install libmaliit-glib0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaliit-glib0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libmaliit-glib0 is Maliit Input Method Framework - GLib Bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaliit-glib0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libmaliit-glib0

libmaliit-glib0 is:

Maliit provides a flexible and cross-platform input method framework. It has a plugin-based client-server architecture where applications act as clients and communicate with the Maliit server via input context plugins. The communication link currently uses D-Bus. Maliit is an open source framework (LGPL 2) with open source plugins (BSD).

This package provides GLib bindings for the Maliit framework.

There are three methods to install libmaliit-glib0 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmaliit-glib0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmaliit-glib0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmaliit-glib0

Install libmaliit-glib0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmaliit-glib0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmaliit-glib0

Install libmaliit-glib0 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 libmaliit-glib0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmaliit-glib0

How To Uninstall libmaliit-glib0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libmaliit-glib0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmaliit-glib0

Uninstall libmaliit-glib0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmaliit-glib0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmaliit-glib0

Remove libmaliit-glib0 Configurations and Data

To remove libmaliit-glib0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmaliit-glib0

Remove libmaliit-glib0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmaliit-glib0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmaliit-glib0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaliit-glib0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.