How To Install fcitx5-jyutping on Debian 12

Learn how to install fcitx5-jyutping on Debian 12 with this tutorial. fcitx5-jyutping is Fcitx5 libime implementation of jyutping input method

Introduction

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

What is fcitx5-jyutping

fcitx5-jyutping is:

This software provides a library that makes use of libime to implement jyutping (???) input method. It also includes an engine for fcitx 5.

This package provides the jyutping input method.

There are three methods to install fcitx5-jyutping 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-jyutping 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-jyutping using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fcitx5-jyutping

Install fcitx5-jyutping Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fcitx5-jyutping

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

sudo aptitude -y install fcitx5-jyutping

How To Uninstall fcitx5-jyutping on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove fcitx5-jyutping

Uninstall fcitx5-jyutping And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx5-jyutping

Remove fcitx5-jyutping Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx5-jyutping

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

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

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

Dependencies

fcitx5-jyutping have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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