How To Install fcitx-table-cantonese on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-table-cantonese
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fcitx-table-cantonese
fcitx-table-cantonese 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 package provides Cantonese table used by the Fcitx table engine.
There are three methods to install fcitx-table-cantonese
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-table-cantonese 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-table-cantonese
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-table-cantonese
Install fcitx-table-cantonese Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx-table-cantonese
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx-table-cantonese
Install fcitx-table-cantonese 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-table-cantonese
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-table-cantonese
How To Uninstall fcitx-table-cantonese on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fcitx-table-cantonese
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx-table-cantonese
Uninstall fcitx-table-cantonese And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx-table-cantonese
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx-table-cantonese
Remove fcitx-table-cantonese Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx-table-cantonese
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-table-cantonese
Remove fcitx-table-cantonese configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx-table-cantonese
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx-table-cantonese
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-table-cantonese
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.