How To Install ibus-table-latex on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-table-latex on Ubuntu 18.04. ibus-table-latex is ibus-table input method

Introduction

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

What is ibus-table-latex

ibus-table-latex 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: LaTeX.

For more information of LaTex, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX.

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

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

Install ibus-table-latex Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ibus-table-latex

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

sudo aptitude -y install ibus-table-latex

How To Uninstall ibus-table-latex on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ibus-table-latex

Uninstall ibus-table-latex And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ibus-table-latex 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-latex

Remove ibus-table-latex Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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