How To Install ibus-typing-booster on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-typing-booster on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ibus-typing-booster
ibus-typing-booster is:
Ibus-typing-booster is a predictive input method and predicts complete words based on context and partial input. One can then simply select the desired word from a list of suggestions and improve one’s typing speed and spelling.
There are three methods to install ibus-typing-booster 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-typing-booster 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-typing-booster using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ibus-typing-booster
Install ibus-typing-booster Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ibus-typing-booster using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ibus-typing-booster
Install ibus-typing-booster 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-typing-booster using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ibus-typing-booster
How To Uninstall ibus-typing-booster on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ibus-typing-booster package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ibus-typing-booster
Uninstall ibus-typing-booster And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ibus-typing-booster and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibus-typing-booster
Remove ibus-typing-booster Configurations and Data
To remove ibus-typing-booster configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ibus-typing-booster
Remove ibus-typing-booster configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ibus-typing-booster configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ibus-typing-booster
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-typing-booster package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
