How To Install libpinyin-utils on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin-utils on Debian 9.
What is libpinyin-utils
libpinyin-utils is:
libpinyin is a set of core algorithms designed for intelligent sentence-based Chinese PinYin input methods.
This package provides the utilities for manipulating dict files.
There are three methods to install libpinyin-utils on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpinyin-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpinyin-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpinyin-utils
Install libpinyin-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpinyin-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpinyin-utils
Install libpinyin-utils 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 libpinyin-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpinyin-utils
How To Uninstall libpinyin-utils on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libpinyin-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpinyin-utils
Uninstall libpinyin-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpinyin-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpinyin-utils
Remove libpinyin-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libpinyin-utils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpinyin-utils
Remove libpinyin-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpinyin-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpinyin-utils
Dependencies
libpinyin-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin-utils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.