How To Install maliit-framework-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install maliit-framework-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04. maliit-framework-dbg is Maliit Input Method Framework - Debug symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install maliit-framework-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is maliit-framework-dbg

maliit-framework-dbg 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 contains debugging symbols. Build-Ids: 9fe7ceb24583e438f232d1ee5727c33a434e1e3f e6686bb1e68630960a9eebd8d1cb5e985ee24405 47694262f1675931447888e4f664434f44b9c7b6 869f21a9d3bd1c92d4ba5fbf6762ba01024aa4ba

There are three methods to install maliit-framework-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install maliit-framework-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 maliit-framework-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install maliit-framework-dbg

Install maliit-framework-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install maliit-framework-dbg

Install maliit-framework-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install maliit-framework-dbg

How To Uninstall maliit-framework-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove maliit-framework-dbg

Uninstall maliit-framework-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall maliit-framework-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove maliit-framework-dbg

Remove maliit-framework-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove maliit-framework-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge maliit-framework-dbg

Remove maliit-framework-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maliit-framework-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install maliit-framework-dbg package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.