How To Install gcin-anthy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcin-anthy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gcin-anthy
gcin-anthy is:
gcin is a GTK+ based input method which focused mainly on Traditional Chinese. However, it is also very useful for Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and many other languages.
This package is the support library to use anthy in gcin.
There are three methods to install gcin-anthy on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gcin-anthy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gcin-anthy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gcin-anthy
Install gcin-anthy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gcin-anthy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gcin-anthy
Install gcin-anthy 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 gcin-anthy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gcin-anthy
How To Uninstall gcin-anthy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gcin-anthy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gcin-anthy
Uninstall gcin-anthy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gcin-anthy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcin-anthy
Remove gcin-anthy Configurations and Data
To remove gcin-anthy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gcin-anthy
Remove gcin-anthy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gcin-anthy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcin-anthy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcin-anthy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.