How To Install fcitx5 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5 on Debian 10.
What is fcitx5
fcitx5 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, DBus 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 core fcitx5 framework files.
There are three methods to install fcitx5 on Debian 10. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx5
Install fcitx5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx5
Install fcitx5 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx5
How To Uninstall fcitx5 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fcitx5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx5
Uninstall fcitx5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx5
Remove fcitx5 Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx5 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx5
Remove fcitx5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx5
Dependencies
fcitx5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.