How To Install fcitx5-frontend-gtk2 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-frontend-gtk2
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is fcitx5-frontend-gtk2
fcitx5-frontend-gtk2 is:
Fcitx5 is the next generation of fcitx input method framework. It provides pleasant 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 the im module of fcitx5. Users of GTK2-based applications are highly recommended to have this package installed for better input method support.
There are three methods to install fcitx5-frontend-gtk2
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fcitx5-frontend-gtk2 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-frontend-gtk2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx5-frontend-gtk2
Install fcitx5-frontend-gtk2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-frontend-gtk2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx5-frontend-gtk2
Install fcitx5-frontend-gtk2 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 fcitx5-frontend-gtk2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx5-frontend-gtk2
How To Uninstall fcitx5-frontend-gtk2 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the fcitx5-frontend-gtk2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx5-frontend-gtk2
Uninstall fcitx5-frontend-gtk2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx5-frontend-gtk2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx5-frontend-gtk2
Remove fcitx5-frontend-gtk2 Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx5-frontend-gtk2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx5-frontend-gtk2
Remove fcitx5-frontend-gtk2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx5-frontend-gtk2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx5-frontend-gtk2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-frontend-gtk2
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.