How To Install fcitx5-module-fullwidth on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-module-fullwidth
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fcitx5-module-fullwidth
fcitx5-module-fullwidth 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 the chttrans module. It enhances the input experience of full-width characters.
There are three methods to install fcitx5-module-fullwidth
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-module-fullwidth 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-module-fullwidth
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx5-module-fullwidth
Install fcitx5-module-fullwidth Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-module-fullwidth
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx5-module-fullwidth
Install fcitx5-module-fullwidth 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-module-fullwidth
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx5-module-fullwidth
How To Uninstall fcitx5-module-fullwidth on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fcitx5-module-fullwidth
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx5-module-fullwidth
Uninstall fcitx5-module-fullwidth And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx5-module-fullwidth
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx5-module-fullwidth
Remove fcitx5-module-fullwidth Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx5-module-fullwidth
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx5-module-fullwidth
Remove fcitx5-module-fullwidth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx5-module-fullwidth
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx5-module-fullwidth
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-module-fullwidth
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.