How To Install mecab-ipadic on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mecab-ipadic on Debian 12.
What is mecab-ipadic
mecab-ipadic is:
This package provides IPA dictionary converted for Mecab, that is a Japanese morphological analysis system. This dictionary is organized in the IPA grammar system.
There are three methods to install mecab-ipadic 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 mecab-ipadic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mecab-ipadic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mecab-ipadic
Install mecab-ipadic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mecab-ipadic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mecab-ipadic
Install mecab-ipadic 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 mecab-ipadic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mecab-ipadic
How To Uninstall mecab-ipadic on Debian 12
To uninstall only the mecab-ipadic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mecab-ipadic
Uninstall mecab-ipadic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mecab-ipadic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mecab-ipadic
Remove mecab-ipadic Configurations and Data
To remove mecab-ipadic configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mecab-ipadic
Remove mecab-ipadic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mecab-ipadic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mecab-ipadic
Dependencies
mecab-ipadic have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mecab-ipadic package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
