How To Install fcitx5-data on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-data on Debian 11.
What is fcitx5-data
fcitx5-data is:
Fcitx5 is the next generation of fcitx input method framework. It provides plasant and modern input experience with intuitive graphical configuration tools. The framework is highly extensible with support for GTK+ and Qt toolkits, D-Bus interfaces, a large variety of desktop environments and a developer-friendly API.
Some of its new features include support of both Wayland and Xorg and the ability to mimic IBus Input Method Framework in order to provide better compatibility across different Linux distributions and desktop environments.
This package provides architecture-independent data files.
There are three methods to install fcitx5-data on Debian 11. 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-data 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-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx5-data
Install fcitx5-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx5-data
Install fcitx5-data 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-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx5-data
How To Uninstall fcitx5-data on Debian 11
To uninstall only the fcitx5-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx5-data
Uninstall fcitx5-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx5-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx5-data
Remove fcitx5-data Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx5-data configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx5-data
Remove fcitx5-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx5-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx5-data
Dependencies
fcitx5-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-data package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
