How To Install ibus-cangjie on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-cangjie on Debian 12.
What is ibus-cangjie
ibus-cangjie is:
This is an IBus engine for users of the Cangjie and Quick input methods.
It is primarily intended to Hong Kong people who want to input Traditional Chinese, however, it should work for others as well (e.g. to input Simplified Chinese).
There are three methods to install ibus-cangjie 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 ibus-cangjie 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-cangjie using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ibus-cangjie
Install ibus-cangjie Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ibus-cangjie using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ibus-cangjie
Install ibus-cangjie 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 ibus-cangjie using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ibus-cangjie
How To Uninstall ibus-cangjie on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ibus-cangjie package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ibus-cangjie
Uninstall ibus-cangjie And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ibus-cangjie and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibus-cangjie
Remove ibus-cangjie Configurations and Data
To remove ibus-cangjie configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ibus-cangjie
Remove ibus-cangjie configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ibus-cangjie configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ibus-cangjie
Dependencies
ibus-cangjie have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-cangjie package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
