How To Install librime-data-quick5 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install librime-data-quick5 on Ubuntu 18.04. librime-data-quick5 is RIME schema data - quick5

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librime-data-quick5 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is librime-data-quick5

librime-data-quick5 is:

RIME is the acronym of Rime Input Method Engine.

RIME is a lightweight, extensible input method engine supporting various input schematas including glyph-based input methods, romanization-based input methods as well as those for Chinese dialects. It has the ability to compose phrases and sentences intelligently and provide very accurate traditional Chinese output. RIME’s cross-platform core library is written in C++, and can work consistently on different platforms with OS-specific wrappers.

This package provides the quick5 schema data of RIME.

There are three methods to install librime-data-quick5 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 librime-data-quick5 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librime-data-quick5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librime-data-quick5

Install librime-data-quick5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librime-data-quick5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librime-data-quick5

Install librime-data-quick5 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 librime-data-quick5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librime-data-quick5

How To Uninstall librime-data-quick5 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the librime-data-quick5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librime-data-quick5

Uninstall librime-data-quick5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librime-data-quick5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librime-data-quick5

Remove librime-data-quick5 Configurations and Data

To remove librime-data-quick5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librime-data-quick5

Remove librime-data-quick5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librime-data-quick5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librime-data-quick5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librime-data-quick5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.