How To Install libchewing3-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libchewing3-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libchewing3-data
libchewing3-data is:
libchewing is an intelligent phonetic input method library for Chinese.
It provides the core algorithm and logic so that they can be shared among the various input methods like JMCCE, xcin-chewing, scim-chewing, iiimf-chewing, screen-chewing, ime-chewing, etc.
The Chewing input method is a smart bopomofo fonetics input method that is useful for inputing Mandarin Chinese based language.
This package contains data files of libchewing3.
There are three methods to install libchewing3-data 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 libchewing3-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libchewing3-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libchewing3-data
Install libchewing3-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libchewing3-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libchewing3-data
Install libchewing3-data 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 libchewing3-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libchewing3-data
How To Uninstall libchewing3-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libchewing3-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libchewing3-data
Uninstall libchewing3-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libchewing3-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libchewing3-data
Remove libchewing3-data Configurations and Data
To remove libchewing3-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libchewing3-data
Remove libchewing3-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libchewing3-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libchewing3-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libchewing3-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
