How To Install fcitx on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx
on Debian 9.
What is fcitx
fcitx is:
Fcitx is a input method framework with extension support, which provides an interface for entering characters of different scripts in applications using a variety of mapping systems.
It offers a pleasant and modern experience, with intuitive graphical configuration tools and customizable skins and mapping tables. It is highly modularized and extensible, with GTK+ 2/3 and Qt4 IM Modules, support for UIs based on Fbterm, pure Xlib, GTK+, or KDE, and a developer-friendly API.
This metapackage pulls in a set of components recommended for most desktop users.
There are three methods to install fcitx
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fcitx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx
Install fcitx Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx
Install fcitx 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 fcitx
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx
How To Uninstall fcitx on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fcitx
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx
Uninstall fcitx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx
Remove fcitx Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx
Remove fcitx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx
Dependencies
fcitx have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.