How To Install libuim8 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libuim8
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libuim8
libuim8 is:
Uim is an input method module library which supports various scripts and can act as a front end for a range of input methods, including Anthy, Canna, or SKK (for Japanese), Pinyin (for Chinese), Byeoru (for Korean), and M17n (for many other languages). Most of its functions are implemented in Scheme, so it’s very simple and flexible.
This package contains the shared libraries for uim.
There are three methods to install libuim8
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libuim8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libuim8
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libuim8
Install libuim8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libuim8
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libuim8
Install libuim8 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 libuim8
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libuim8
How To Uninstall libuim8 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libuim8
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libuim8
Uninstall libuim8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libuim8
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libuim8
Remove libuim8 Configurations and Data
To remove libuim8
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libuim8
Remove libuim8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libuim8
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libuim8
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libuim8
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.