How To Install fcitx5-anthy on Debian 12

Learn how to install fcitx5-anthy on Debian 12 with this tutorial. fcitx5-anthy is Fcitx5 wrapper for Anthy IM engine

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-anthy on Debian 12.

What is fcitx5-anthy

fcitx5-anthy is:

This package provides a wrapper of Anthy IM engine for Fcitx5 Input Method Framework.

Anthy is a Japanese input method which converts hiragana text to mixed kana and kanji.

There are three methods to install fcitx5-anthy 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 fcitx5-anthy Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-anthy using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fcitx5-anthy

Install fcitx5-anthy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-anthy using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fcitx5-anthy

Install fcitx5-anthy 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 fcitx5-anthy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fcitx5-anthy

How To Uninstall fcitx5-anthy on Debian 12

To uninstall only the fcitx5-anthy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fcitx5-anthy

Uninstall fcitx5-anthy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fcitx5-anthy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx5-anthy

Remove fcitx5-anthy Configurations and Data

To remove fcitx5-anthy configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx5-anthy

Remove fcitx5-anthy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fcitx5-anthy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx5-anthy

Dependencies

fcitx5-anthy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-anthy package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.