How To Install fcitx5-unikey on Debian 12

Learn how to install fcitx5-unikey on Debian 12 with this tutorial. fcitx5-unikey is Vietnamese Input Method Engine for Fcitx5 using Unikey Engine

Introduction

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

What is fcitx5-unikey

fcitx5-unikey is:

This package provides a wrapper of Unikey engine for Fcitx5 Input Method Framework. Unikey is an input method for Vietnamese.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fcitx5-unikey

Install fcitx5-unikey Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fcitx5-unikey

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

sudo aptitude -y install fcitx5-unikey

How To Uninstall fcitx5-unikey on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove fcitx5-unikey

Uninstall fcitx5-unikey And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx5-unikey

Remove fcitx5-unikey Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx5-unikey

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

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

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

Dependencies

fcitx5-unikey have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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