How To Install libscim-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libscim-dev on Debian 12.
What is libscim-dev
libscim-dev is:
SCIM (Smart Common Input Method) is an input method (IM) platform.
This package provides development libraries on SCIM platform, including the header files and static libraries. The development documentations can be found in the scim-dev-doc package.
SCIM can be used as a dynamically loaded library on a single machine, or as a server/client model through socket in a network environment. As a component of the system, SCIM can work with existing IM framework such as XIM or IIIMF (in progress), as well as using client specific IM interface, such as GTK+ IM module. SCIM provides an IM application, scim, which use various IM engines to provide input methods for many languages, either by native modules (such as scim-pinyin and scim-hangul) or interfaces to other IM libraries (such as scim-anthy, scim-uim, scim-m17n, and scim-chewing).
For more information about SCIM, please see the description of scim package.
There are three methods to install libscim-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libscim-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 libscim-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libscim-dev
Install libscim-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libscim-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libscim-dev
Install libscim-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 libscim-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libscim-dev
How To Uninstall libscim-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libscim-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libscim-dev
Uninstall libscim-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libscim-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libscim-dev
Remove libscim-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libscim-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libscim-dev
Remove libscim-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libscim-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libscim-dev
Dependencies
libscim-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libscim-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
