How To Install mecab-ipadic on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mecab-ipadic in AlmaLinux 8. mecab-ipadic is IPA dictionary for MeCab

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mecab-ipadic on AlmaLinux 8.

What is mecab-ipadic

MeCab IPA is a dictionary for MeCab using CRF estimation based on IPA corpus. This dictionary is for UTF-8 use.

We can use yum or dnf to install mecab-ipadic on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mecab-ipadic.

Install mecab-ipadic on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mecab-ipadic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mecab-ipadic

Install mecab-ipadic on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mecab-ipadic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mecab-ipadic

How To Uninstall mecab-ipadic on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the mecab-ipadic package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mecab-ipadic

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mecab-ipadic on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.