How To Install python-mecab on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mecab on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mecab package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
