How To Install kinput2-common on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kinput2-common on Ubuntu 18.04. kinput2-common is Files shared among kinput2 packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kinput2-common on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is kinput2-common

kinput2-common is:

This package contains files that is needed by three kinput2 packages (kinput2-canna, kinput2-wnn and kinput2-canna-wnn).

There are three methods to install kinput2-common 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 kinput2-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kinput2-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kinput2-common

Install kinput2-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kinput2-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kinput2-common

Install kinput2-common 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 kinput2-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kinput2-common

How To Uninstall kinput2-common on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the kinput2-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kinput2-common

Uninstall kinput2-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kinput2-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kinput2-common

Remove kinput2-common Configurations and Data

To remove kinput2-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kinput2-common

Remove kinput2-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kinput2-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kinput2-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kinput2-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.