How To Install ibus-table-compose on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-table-compose on Debian 9. ibus-table-compose is ibus-table input method

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-table-compose on Debian 9.

What is ibus-table-compose

ibus-table-compose is:

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

This package provide one input method: Compose

There are three methods to install ibus-table-compose on Debian 9. 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-table-compose 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-table-compose using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ibus-table-compose

Install ibus-table-compose Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ibus-table-compose

Install ibus-table-compose 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-table-compose using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ibus-table-compose

How To Uninstall ibus-table-compose on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove ibus-table-compose

Uninstall ibus-table-compose And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ibus-table-compose and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibus-table-compose

Remove ibus-table-compose Configurations and Data

To remove ibus-table-compose configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ibus-table-compose

Remove ibus-table-compose configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ibus-table-compose

Dependencies

ibus-table-compose have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-table-compose package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.