How To Install libmecab-java on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmecab-java on Debian 10.
What is libmecab-java
libmecab-java is:
Mecab is a morphological analysis system. It reads Japanese sentences from the standard input, segments them into morpheme sequences, and outputs them to the standard output with many additional pieces of information (pronunciation, semantic information, etc).
This package is built for Java.
There are three methods to install libmecab-java on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmecab-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmecab-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmecab-java
Install libmecab-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmecab-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmecab-java
Install libmecab-java 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmecab-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmecab-java
How To Uninstall libmecab-java on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libmecab-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmecab-java
Uninstall libmecab-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmecab-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmecab-java
Remove libmecab-java Configurations and Data
To remove libmecab-java configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmecab-java
Remove libmecab-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmecab-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmecab-java
Dependencies
libmecab-java have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmecab-java package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.