How To Install ibus-table-emoji on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-table-emoji on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ibus-table-emoji
ibus-table-emoji 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 provides one input method: Emoji.
Emoji is the Japanese term for the picture characters or emoticons used in Japanese wireless messages and webpages. For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji.
There are three methods to install ibus-table-emoji 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-table-emoji 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-emoji using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ibus-table-emoji
Install ibus-table-emoji Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ibus-table-emoji using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ibus-table-emoji
Install ibus-table-emoji 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-table-emoji using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ibus-table-emoji
How To Uninstall ibus-table-emoji on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ibus-table-emoji package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ibus-table-emoji
Uninstall ibus-table-emoji And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ibus-table-emoji and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibus-table-emoji
Remove ibus-table-emoji Configurations and Data
To remove ibus-table-emoji configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ibus-table-emoji
Remove ibus-table-emoji configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ibus-table-emoji configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ibus-table-emoji
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-table-emoji package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
