How To Install elpa-pyim-basedict on Debian 12

Learn how to install elpa-pyim-basedict on Debian 12 with this tutorial. elpa-pyim-basedict is default pinyin dict for pyim

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-pyim-basedict on Debian 12.

What is elpa-pyim-basedict

elpa-pyim-basedict is:

pyim-basedict is the default lexicon of pyim input method, and the lexicon data source is the libpinyin project.

Note: The number of entries in this thesaurus is about 100000, which is a relatively small thesaurus. It only ensures pyim can work normally. If users want to make pyim more comfortable, they need to add other additional thesaurus.

There are three methods to install elpa-pyim-basedict on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install elpa-pyim-basedict Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install elpa-pyim-basedict using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-pyim-basedict

Install elpa-pyim-basedict Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install elpa-pyim-basedict using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install elpa-pyim-basedict

Install elpa-pyim-basedict 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 elpa-pyim-basedict using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-pyim-basedict

How To Uninstall elpa-pyim-basedict on Debian 12

To uninstall only the elpa-pyim-basedict package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elpa-pyim-basedict

Uninstall elpa-pyim-basedict And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elpa-pyim-basedict and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-pyim-basedict

Remove elpa-pyim-basedict Configurations and Data

To remove elpa-pyim-basedict configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-pyim-basedict

Remove elpa-pyim-basedict configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove elpa-pyim-basedict configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-pyim-basedict

Dependencies

elpa-pyim-basedict have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-pyim-basedict package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.