How To Install mlterm-im-ibus on Debian 10

Learn how to install mlterm-im-ibus on Debian 10 with this tutorial. mlterm-im-ibus is MultiLingual TERMinal, IBus input method plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mlterm-im-ibus on Debian 10.

What is mlterm-im-ibus

mlterm-im-ibus is:

mlterm is a terminal emulator for X Window System, which supports various encodings, doublewidth characters, BiDi, Arabic shaping, and so on.

This package contains IBus input method plugin for mlterm.

There are three methods to install mlterm-im-ibus on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mlterm-im-ibus Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mlterm-im-ibus

Install mlterm-im-ibus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mlterm-im-ibus

Install mlterm-im-ibus 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 mlterm-im-ibus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mlterm-im-ibus

How To Uninstall mlterm-im-ibus on Debian 10

To uninstall only the mlterm-im-ibus package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mlterm-im-ibus

Uninstall mlterm-im-ibus And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mlterm-im-ibus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mlterm-im-ibus

Remove mlterm-im-ibus Configurations and Data

To remove mlterm-im-ibus configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mlterm-im-ibus

Remove mlterm-im-ibus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mlterm-im-ibus

Dependencies

mlterm-im-ibus have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mlterm-im-ibus package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.