How To Install mlterm-im-scim on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mlterm-im-scim on Ubuntu 18.04. mlterm-im-scim is MultiLingual TERMinal, scim input method plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mlterm-im-scim on Ubuntu 18.04.

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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04

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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mlterm-im-scim package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.