How To Install librime-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librime-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is librime-data
librime-data 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 schema data of RIME.
There are three methods to install librime-data 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librime-data
Install librime-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librime-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librime-data
Install librime-data 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librime-data
How To Uninstall librime-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the librime-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librime-data
Uninstall librime-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librime-data 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
Remove librime-data Configurations and Data
To remove librime-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librime-data
Remove librime-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librime-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librime-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librime-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
