How To Install libpinyin13 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin13 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpinyin13
libpinyin13 is:
libpinyin is a set of core algorithms designed for intelligent sentence-based Chinese PinYin input methods.
This package provides the library files.
There are three methods to install libpinyin13 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpinyin13
Install libpinyin13 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpinyin13 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpinyin13
Install libpinyin13 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpinyin13
How To Uninstall libpinyin13 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpinyin13 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpinyin13
Uninstall libpinyin13 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpinyin13 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpinyin13
Remove libpinyin13 Configurations and Data
To remove libpinyin13 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpinyin13
Remove libpinyin13 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpinyin13 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpinyin13
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin13 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
