How To Install fcitx-module-kimpanel on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-module-kimpanel
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fcitx-module-kimpanel
fcitx-module-kimpanel 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 Qt5 IM Modules, support for UIs based on Fbterm, pure Xlib, GTK+, or KDE, and a developer-friendly API.
This package provides the KIMPanel protocol module of Fcitx, which implements a protocol to talk with D-Bus and is usually needed by the plugin for environments like KIMPanel/(Q)KIMToy, GNOME Shell and Unity. Task: kubuntu-live, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop
There are three methods to install fcitx-module-kimpanel
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 fcitx-module-kimpanel 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-module-kimpanel
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-module-kimpanel
Install fcitx-module-kimpanel Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx-module-kimpanel
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx-module-kimpanel
Install fcitx-module-kimpanel 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 fcitx-module-kimpanel
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-module-kimpanel
How To Uninstall fcitx-module-kimpanel on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fcitx-module-kimpanel
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx-module-kimpanel
Uninstall fcitx-module-kimpanel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx-module-kimpanel
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx-module-kimpanel
Remove fcitx-module-kimpanel Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx-module-kimpanel
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-module-kimpanel
Remove fcitx-module-kimpanel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx-module-kimpanel
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx-module-kimpanel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-module-kimpanel
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.