How To Install m17n-im-config on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install m17n-im-config on Debian 9. m17n-im-config is input method configuration library for m17n-lib - utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install m17n-im-config on Debian 9.

What is m17n-im-config

m17n-im-config is:

m17n-im-config is a library to create a GTK+ widget for per-user configuration of input methods provided by the m17n library. m17n is an abbreviation of Multilingualization.

This package contains a standalone GUI program using the m17n-im-config library.

There are three methods to install m17n-im-config 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 m17n-im-config Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install m17n-im-config using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install m17n-im-config

Install m17n-im-config Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install m17n-im-config using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install m17n-im-config

Install m17n-im-config 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 m17n-im-config using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install m17n-im-config

How To Uninstall m17n-im-config on Debian 9

To uninstall only the m17n-im-config package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove m17n-im-config

Uninstall m17n-im-config And Its Dependencies

To uninstall m17n-im-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove m17n-im-config

Remove m17n-im-config Configurations and Data

To remove m17n-im-config configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge m17n-im-config

Remove m17n-im-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove m17n-im-config configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge m17n-im-config

Dependencies

m17n-im-config have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install m17n-im-config package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.