How To Install fcitx-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-tools
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fcitx-tools
fcitx-tools 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 following tools:
- createPYMB: create a Pinyin data file (.mb)
- mb2org: convert a .mb data file to .org file
- mb2txt: convert a .mb data file to text file
- readPYBase: read Pinyin base file
- readPYMB: read Pinyin data file (.mb)
- scel2org: convert scel data file (Sougou) to .org file
- txt2mb: convert text file to .mb data file
There are three methods to install fcitx-tools
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-tools 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-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-tools
Install fcitx-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx-tools
Install fcitx-tools 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-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-tools
How To Uninstall fcitx-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fcitx-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx-tools
Uninstall fcitx-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx-tools
Remove fcitx-tools Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx-tools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-tools
Remove fcitx-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-tools
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.