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