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