How To Install ibus-anthy-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-anthy-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. ibus-anthy-dev is anthy engine for IBus, development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-anthy-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ibus-anthy-dev

ibus-anthy-dev is:

IBus is an Intelligent Input Bus. It is a new input framework for Linux OS. It provides full featured and user friendly input method user interface. It also may help developers to develop input method easily.

IBus-Anthy is an input method (IM) for Japanese, based on IBus.

This package provides ibus-anthy development files.

There are three methods to install ibus-anthy-dev 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 ibus-anthy-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ibus-anthy-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ibus-anthy-dev

Install ibus-anthy-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ibus-anthy-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ibus-anthy-dev

Install ibus-anthy-dev 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 ibus-anthy-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ibus-anthy-dev

How To Uninstall ibus-anthy-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ibus-anthy-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ibus-anthy-dev

Uninstall ibus-anthy-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ibus-anthy-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibus-anthy-dev

Remove ibus-anthy-dev Configurations and Data

To remove ibus-anthy-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ibus-anthy-dev

Remove ibus-anthy-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ibus-anthy-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ibus-anthy-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-anthy-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.