How To Install mecab-jumandic on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mecab-jumandic on Debian 9.
What is mecab-jumandic
mecab-jumandic is:
This package provides Juman dictionary converted for Mecab, that is a Japanese morphological analysis system. This dictionary is written in Masuoka-Takubo grammar system.
There are three methods to install mecab-jumandic 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 mecab-jumandic 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-jumandic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mecab-jumandic
Install mecab-jumandic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mecab-jumandic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mecab-jumandic
Install mecab-jumandic 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-jumandic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mecab-jumandic
How To Uninstall mecab-jumandic on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mecab-jumandic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mecab-jumandic
Uninstall mecab-jumandic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mecab-jumandic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mecab-jumandic
Remove mecab-jumandic Configurations and Data
To remove mecab-jumandic configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mecab-jumandic
Remove mecab-jumandic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mecab-jumandic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mecab-jumandic
Dependencies
mecab-jumandic have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mecab-jumandic package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.