How To Install libpinyin7-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin7-dev on Debian 9. libpinyin7-dev is library to deal with PinYin - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin7-dev on Debian 9.

What is libpinyin7-dev

libpinyin7-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 libpinyin7-dev 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-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 libpinyin7-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpinyin7-dev

Install libpinyin7-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpinyin7-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpinyin7-dev

Install libpinyin7-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libpinyin7-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpinyin7-dev

How To Uninstall libpinyin7-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libpinyin7-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpinyin7-dev

Uninstall libpinyin7-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpinyin7-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpinyin7-dev

Remove libpinyin7-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpinyin7-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpinyin7-dev

Remove libpinyin7-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpinyin7-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpinyin7-dev

Dependencies

libpinyin7-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin7-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.