How To Install fcitx-libs on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-libs
on Debian 11.
What is fcitx-libs
fcitx-libs is:
Fcitx is an 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 Qt5 IM Modules, support for UIs based on Fbterm, pure Xlib, GTK+, or KDE, and a developer-friendly API.
This package depends on all public libraries of fcitx.
There are three methods to install fcitx-libs
on Debian 11. 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-libs 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-libs
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-libs
Install fcitx-libs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx-libs
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx-libs
Install fcitx-libs 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-libs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-libs
How To Uninstall fcitx-libs on Debian 11
To uninstall only the fcitx-libs
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx-libs
Uninstall fcitx-libs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx-libs
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx-libs
Remove fcitx-libs Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx-libs
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-libs
Remove fcitx-libs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx-libs
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx-libs
Dependencies
fcitx-libs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-libs
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.