How To Install libsunpinyin-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsunpinyin-dev on Debian 9.
What is libsunpinyin-dev
libsunpinyin-dev is:
Sunpinyin is a statistical language model (SLM) based input method engine for Simplified Chinese, it features full sentence input.
This package contains the development header files that allows others to write their own front-end for sunpinyin.
There are three methods to install libsunpinyin-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 libsunpinyin-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 libsunpinyin-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsunpinyin-dev
Install libsunpinyin-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsunpinyin-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsunpinyin-dev
Install libsunpinyin-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 libsunpinyin-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsunpinyin-dev
How To Uninstall libsunpinyin-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libsunpinyin-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsunpinyin-dev
Uninstall libsunpinyin-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsunpinyin-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsunpinyin-dev
Remove libsunpinyin-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsunpinyin-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsunpinyin-dev
Remove libsunpinyin-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsunpinyin-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsunpinyin-dev
Dependencies
libsunpinyin-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsunpinyin-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.