How To Install plasma-widget-uim on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-widget-uim on Debian 9.
What is plasma-widget-uim
plasma-widget-uim is:
Uim is an input method module library which supports various scripts and can act as a front end for a range of input methods, including Anthy, Canna, PRIME, or SKK (for Japanese), Pinyin (for Chinese), Byeoru (for Korean), and M17n (for many other languages). Most of its functions are implemented in Scheme, so it’s very simple and flexible.
This package contains a KDE Plasma widget which can configure uim, monitor its conversion mode, and so on.
There are three methods to install plasma-widget-uim 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 plasma-widget-uim Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-widget-uim using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plasma-widget-uim
Install plasma-widget-uim Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-widget-uim using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plasma-widget-uim
Install plasma-widget-uim 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 plasma-widget-uim using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plasma-widget-uim
How To Uninstall plasma-widget-uim on Debian 9
To uninstall only the plasma-widget-uim package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plasma-widget-uim
Uninstall plasma-widget-uim And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plasma-widget-uim and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-widget-uim
Remove plasma-widget-uim Configurations and Data
To remove plasma-widget-uim configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-widget-uim
Remove plasma-widget-uim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plasma-widget-uim configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-widget-uim
Dependencies
plasma-widget-uim have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-widget-uim package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.