How To Install gcin-tables on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcin-tables on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gcin-tables
gcin-tables 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 contains architecture-dependent input method tables.
There are three methods to install gcin-tables 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-tables 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-tables using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gcin-tables
Install gcin-tables Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gcin-tables using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gcin-tables
Install gcin-tables 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-tables using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gcin-tables
How To Uninstall gcin-tables on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gcin-tables package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gcin-tables
Uninstall gcin-tables And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gcin-tables and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcin-tables
Remove gcin-tables Configurations and Data
To remove gcin-tables configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gcin-tables
Remove gcin-tables configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gcin-tables configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcin-tables
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcin-tables package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
