How To Install fcitx-table-jyutping on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-table-jyutping
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fcitx-table-jyutping
fcitx-table-jyutping 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 Jyutping table used by the Fcitx table engine.
There are three methods to install fcitx-table-jyutping
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-jyutping 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-jyutping
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-table-jyutping
Install fcitx-table-jyutping Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx-table-jyutping
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx-table-jyutping
Install fcitx-table-jyutping 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-jyutping
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-table-jyutping
How To Uninstall fcitx-table-jyutping on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fcitx-table-jyutping
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx-table-jyutping
Uninstall fcitx-table-jyutping And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx-table-jyutping
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-jyutping
Remove fcitx-table-jyutping Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx-table-jyutping
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-table-jyutping
Remove fcitx-table-jyutping configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx-table-jyutping
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx-table-jyutping
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-table-jyutping
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.