How To Install libpinyin13-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin13-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libpinyin13-dev is library to deal with PinYin - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin13-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libpinyin13-dev

libpinyin13-dev is:

libpinyin is a set of core algorithms designed for intelligent sentence-based Chinese PinYin input methods.

This package provides the library development files.

There are three methods to install libpinyin13-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 libpinyin13-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 libpinyin13-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpinyin13-dev

Install libpinyin13-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpinyin13-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpinyin13-dev

Install libpinyin13-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 libpinyin13-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpinyin13-dev

How To Uninstall libpinyin13-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libpinyin13-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpinyin13-dev

Uninstall libpinyin13-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpinyin13-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpinyin13-dev

Remove libpinyin13-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpinyin13-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpinyin13-dev

Remove libpinyin13-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpinyin13-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpinyin13-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin13-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.