How To Install ibus-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04. ibus-qt4 is qt-immodule for ibus (QT4) (plugin)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ibus-qt4

ibus-qt4 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-qt4 is the QT4 client of ibus, it provide a qt-immodule for ibus.

There are three methods to install ibus-qt4 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-qt4 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-qt4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ibus-qt4

Install ibus-qt4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ibus-qt4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ibus-qt4

Install ibus-qt4 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-qt4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ibus-qt4

How To Uninstall ibus-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ibus-qt4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ibus-qt4

Uninstall ibus-qt4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ibus-qt4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibus-qt4

Remove ibus-qt4 Configurations and Data

To remove ibus-qt4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ibus-qt4

Remove ibus-qt4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ibus-qt4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ibus-qt4

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-qt4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.