How To Install libchasen-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchasen-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libchasen-dev is Japanese Morphological Analysis System (libraries and headers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchasen-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libchasen-dev

libchasen-dev is:

ChaSen is a morphological analysis system. It can segment and tokenize Japanese text string, and can output with many additional information (pronunciation, semantic information, and others).

You can use ChaSen library to put ChaSen’s module into other programs.

There are three methods to install libchasen-dev 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 libchasen-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libchasen-dev

Install libchasen-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libchasen-dev

Install libchasen-dev 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 libchasen-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libchasen-dev

How To Uninstall libchasen-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libchasen-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libchasen-dev

Uninstall libchasen-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libchasen-dev

Remove libchasen-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libchasen-dev

Remove libchasen-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libchasen-dev

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Summary

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