How To Install libibus-qt1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibus-qt1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libibus-qt1 is qt-immodule for ibus (QT4) (library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibus-qt1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libibus-qt1

libibus-qt1 is:

IBus is an Intelligent Input Bus. It is a new input framework for Linux OS. It provides full featured and user friendly input method user interface. It also may help developers to develop input method easily.

libibus-qt1 is the library of ibus-qt.

There are three methods to install libibus-qt1 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 libibus-qt1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libibus-qt1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libibus-qt1

Install libibus-qt1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libibus-qt1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libibus-qt1

Install libibus-qt1 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 libibus-qt1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libibus-qt1

How To Uninstall libibus-qt1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libibus-qt1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libibus-qt1

Uninstall libibus-qt1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libibus-qt1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libibus-qt1

Remove libibus-qt1 Configurations and Data

To remove libibus-qt1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libibus-qt1

Remove libibus-qt1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libibus-qt1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libibus-qt1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibus-qt1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.