How To Install fcitx5-mozc on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-mozc on Debian 12.
What is fcitx5-mozc
fcitx5-mozc is:
This is the mozc engine for fcitx version 5. Fcitx is a input method framework with extension support, which provides an interface for entering characters of different scripts in applications using a variety of mapping systems.
It offers a pleasant and modern experience, with intuitive graphical configuration tools and customizable skins and mapping tables. It is highly modularized and extensible, with GTK+ 2/3 and Qt4 IM Modules, support for UIs based on Fbterm, pure Xlib, GTK+, or KDE, and a developer-friendly API.
fcitx5-mozc provides client part of the Mozc input method.
There are three methods to install fcitx5-mozc 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-mozc 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-mozc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx5-mozc
Install fcitx5-mozc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-mozc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx5-mozc
Install fcitx5-mozc 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-mozc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx5-mozc
How To Uninstall fcitx5-mozc on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fcitx5-mozc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx5-mozc
Uninstall fcitx5-mozc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx5-mozc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx5-mozc
Remove fcitx5-mozc Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx5-mozc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx5-mozc
Remove fcitx5-mozc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx5-mozc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx5-mozc
Dependencies
fcitx5-mozc have the following dependencies:
- libabsl20220623
- libc6
- libfcitx5config6
- libfcitx5core7
- libfcitx5utils2
- libgcc-s1
- libprotobuf32
- libstdc++6
- fcitx5
- mozc-server
- fcitx-mozc-data
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-mozc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
