How To Install python-mecab on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-mecab on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-mecab is mecab binding for Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mecab on Debian 10.

What is python-mecab

python-mecab is:

Mecab is a morphological analysis system. It reads Japanese sentences from the standard input, segments them into morpheme sequences, and outputs them to the standard output with many additional pieces of information (pronunciation, semantic information, etc).

python-mecab is binding for Python.

There are three methods to install python-mecab on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-mecab Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-mecab

Install python-mecab Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-mecab

Install python-mecab 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 python-mecab using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-mecab

How To Uninstall python-mecab on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-mecab package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-mecab

Uninstall python-mecab And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-mecab and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mecab

Remove python-mecab Configurations and Data

To remove python-mecab configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-mecab

Remove python-mecab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mecab

Dependencies

python-mecab have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mecab package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.