How To Install maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 on Debian 12.
What is maliit-inputcontext-gtk3
maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 is:
Maliit provides a flexible and cross-platform input method framework. It has a plugin-based client-server architecture where applications act as clients and communicate with the Maliit server via input context plugins. The communication link currently uses D-Bus. Maliit is an open source framework (LGPL 2) with open source plugins (BSD).
This package provides input support for GTK+-3 based applications.
There are three methods to install maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 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 maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install maliit-inputcontext-gtk3
Install maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install maliit-inputcontext-gtk3
Install maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 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 maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install maliit-inputcontext-gtk3
How To Uninstall maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove maliit-inputcontext-gtk3
Uninstall maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove maliit-inputcontext-gtk3
Remove maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 Configurations and Data
To remove maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge maliit-inputcontext-gtk3
Remove maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maliit-inputcontext-gtk3
Dependencies
maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
