How To Install fcitx5-m17n on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-m17n
on Debian 12.
What is fcitx5-m17n
fcitx5-m17n 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, D-Bus interfaces, a large variety of desktop environments and a developer-friendly API.
This package provides the m17n module for Fcitx5, which uses libm17n, a multilingual text processing library for the C language.
There are three methods to install fcitx5-m17n
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-m17n 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-m17n
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx5-m17n
Install fcitx5-m17n Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-m17n
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx5-m17n
Install fcitx5-m17n 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-m17n
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx5-m17n
How To Uninstall fcitx5-m17n on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fcitx5-m17n
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx5-m17n
Uninstall fcitx5-m17n And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx5-m17n
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx5-m17n
Remove fcitx5-m17n Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx5-m17n
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx5-m17n
Remove fcitx5-m17n configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx5-m17n
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx5-m17n
Dependencies
fcitx5-m17n have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-m17n
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.