How To Install freewnn-cserver on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freewnn-cserver on Debian 10.
What is freewnn-cserver
freewnn-cserver is:
FreeWnn cserver (cWnn) is an integrated Chinese input system running on Unix workstation. It supports a wide range of input methods, satisfying the needs of the Chinese users from all over the world, including P.R.China and Taiwan. FreeWnn cserver is capable of carrying out Hanzi conversion from an arbitrary Pinyin or Zhuyin sequence, hence improving the speed of Pinyin/Zhuyin input.
There are three methods to install freewnn-cserver on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install freewnn-cserver Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freewnn-cserver using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freewnn-cserver
Install freewnn-cserver Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freewnn-cserver using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freewnn-cserver
Install freewnn-cserver 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 freewnn-cserver using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freewnn-cserver
How To Uninstall freewnn-cserver on Debian 10
To uninstall only the freewnn-cserver package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freewnn-cserver
Uninstall freewnn-cserver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freewnn-cserver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freewnn-cserver
Remove freewnn-cserver Configurations and Data
To remove freewnn-cserver configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freewnn-cserver
Remove freewnn-cserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freewnn-cserver configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freewnn-cserver
Dependencies
freewnn-cserver have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freewnn-cserver package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.