How To Install libpinyin-common-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin-common-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpinyin-common-dev
libpinyin-common-dev is:
libpinyin is a set of core algorithms designed for intelligent sentence-based Chinese PinYin / zhuyin input methods.
This package provides the common header files for both libpinyin and libzhuyin.
There are three methods to install libpinyin-common-dev 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 libpinyin-common-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 libpinyin-common-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpinyin-common-dev
Install libpinyin-common-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpinyin-common-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpinyin-common-dev
Install libpinyin-common-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libpinyin-common-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpinyin-common-dev
How To Uninstall libpinyin-common-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpinyin-common-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpinyin-common-dev
Uninstall libpinyin-common-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpinyin-common-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpinyin-common-dev
Remove libpinyin-common-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpinyin-common-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpinyin-common-dev
Remove libpinyin-common-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpinyin-common-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpinyin-common-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin-common-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
