How To Install libpinyin-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin-dbg on Debian 9. libpinyin-dbg is library to deal with PinYin - debug symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin-dbg on Debian 9.

What is libpinyin-dbg

libpinyin-dbg is:

libpinyin is a set of core algorithms designed for intelligent sentence-based Chinese PinYin input methods.

This package provides the debug symbols of the library and executables.

There are three methods to install libpinyin-dbg 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 libpinyin-dbg 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-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpinyin-dbg

Install libpinyin-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpinyin-dbg

Install libpinyin-dbg 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 libpinyin-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpinyin-dbg

How To Uninstall libpinyin-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libpinyin-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpinyin-dbg

Uninstall libpinyin-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpinyin-dbg

Remove libpinyin-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpinyin-dbg

Remove libpinyin-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpinyin-dbg

Dependencies

libpinyin-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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