How To Install python-sunpinyin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sunpinyin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-sunpinyin
python-sunpinyin is:
Sunpinyin is a statistical language model (SLM) based input method engine for Simplified Chinese, it features full sentence input.
This package contains the Python binding of sunpinyin.
There are three methods to install python-sunpinyin 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 python-sunpinyin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-sunpinyin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-sunpinyin
Install python-sunpinyin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-sunpinyin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-sunpinyin
Install python-sunpinyin 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 python-sunpinyin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-sunpinyin
How To Uninstall python-sunpinyin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-sunpinyin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-sunpinyin
Uninstall python-sunpinyin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-sunpinyin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-sunpinyin
Remove python-sunpinyin Configurations and Data
To remove python-sunpinyin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-sunpinyin
Remove python-sunpinyin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-sunpinyin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-sunpinyin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sunpinyin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
