How To Install libpinyin7 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin7 on Debian 9.
What is libpinyin7
libpinyin7 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 libpinyin7 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 libpinyin7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpinyin7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpinyin7
Install libpinyin7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpinyin7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpinyin7
Install libpinyin7 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 libpinyin7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpinyin7
How To Uninstall libpinyin7 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libpinyin7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpinyin7
Uninstall libpinyin7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpinyin7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpinyin7
Remove libpinyin7 Configurations and Data
To remove libpinyin7 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpinyin7
Remove libpinyin7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpinyin7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpinyin7
Dependencies
libpinyin7 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin7 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.