How To Install anthy-el on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install anthy-el on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is anthy-el
anthy-el is:
Anthy is kana-kanji conversion engine for Japanese. It converts hiragana text to mixed kana and kanji. It is implemented as a library and stores private information in ~/.anthy/.
This package provides an Anthy frontend for Emacs.
There are three methods to install anthy-el 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 anthy-el Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install anthy-el using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install anthy-el
Install anthy-el Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install anthy-el using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install anthy-el
Install anthy-el 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 anthy-el using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install anthy-el
How To Uninstall anthy-el on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the anthy-el package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove anthy-el
Uninstall anthy-el And Its Dependencies
To uninstall anthy-el and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove anthy-el
Remove anthy-el Configurations and Data
To remove anthy-el configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge anthy-el
Remove anthy-el configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove anthy-el configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge anthy-el
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install anthy-el package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
