How To Install mlterm-im-skk on Debian 10

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

Introduction

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

What is mlterm-im-skk

mlterm-im-skk 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 Simple Kana Kanji (SKK) Input Method plugin for mlterm.

There are three methods to install mlterm-im-skk 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-skk 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-skk using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install mlterm-im-skk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mlterm-im-skk

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

sudo aptitude -y install mlterm-im-skk

How To Uninstall mlterm-im-skk on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove mlterm-im-skk

Uninstall mlterm-im-skk And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove mlterm-im-skk Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

mlterm-im-skk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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