How To Install ibus-table-translit on Ubuntu 18.04

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

Introduction

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

What is ibus-table-translit

ibus-table-translit 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: Translit

Translit is a Russian input method.

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

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

Install ibus-table-translit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ibus-table-translit

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

sudo aptitude -y install ibus-table-translit

How To Uninstall ibus-table-translit on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ibus-table-translit

Uninstall ibus-table-translit And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ibus-table-translit 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-translit

Remove ibus-table-translit Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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