How To Install fcitx-sayura on Debian 12

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-sayura on Debian 12.

What is fcitx-sayura

fcitx-sayura is:

fcitx-googlepinyin is a wrapper of Sayura IM engine for Fcitx.

Sayura is a quasi-transliteration scheme for Sinhala script. Sayura uses individual Latin characters to signify unmodified consonants.

There are three methods to install fcitx-sayura 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 fcitx-sayura 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-sayura using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-sayura

Install fcitx-sayura Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fcitx-sayura using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fcitx-sayura

Install fcitx-sayura 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-sayura using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-sayura

How To Uninstall fcitx-sayura on Debian 12

To uninstall only the fcitx-sayura package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fcitx-sayura

Uninstall fcitx-sayura And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx-sayura

Remove fcitx-sayura Configurations and Data

To remove fcitx-sayura configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-sayura

Remove fcitx-sayura configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fcitx-sayura configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx-sayura

Dependencies

fcitx-sayura have the following dependencies:

• fcitx-bin
• fcitx-data

References

• fcitx-sayura website
• fcitx-sayura on packages.debian.org

Summary

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