How To Install mlterm-im-scim on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mlterm-im-scim on Debian 9.
What is mlterm-im-scim
mlterm-im-scim 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 scim input method plugin for mlterm.
There are three methods to install mlterm-im-scim 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 mlterm-im-scim 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-scim using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mlterm-im-scim
Install mlterm-im-scim Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mlterm-im-scim using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mlterm-im-scim
Install mlterm-im-scim 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-scim using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mlterm-im-scim
How To Uninstall mlterm-im-scim on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mlterm-im-scim package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mlterm-im-scim
Uninstall mlterm-im-scim And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mlterm-im-scim and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mlterm-im-scim
Remove mlterm-im-scim Configurations and Data
To remove mlterm-im-scim configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mlterm-im-scim
Remove mlterm-im-scim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mlterm-im-scim configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mlterm-im-scim
Dependencies
mlterm-im-scim have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mlterm-im-scim package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.