How To Install scim-anthy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-anthy
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is scim-anthy
scim-anthy is:
Smart Common Input Method platform (SCIM) is an input method server and a development platform to make Input Method developers’ lives easier.
Anthy is a simple and secure input method in Japanese. scim-anthy connects Anthy to SCIM.
There are three methods to install scim-anthy
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 scim-anthy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scim-anthy
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scim-anthy
Install scim-anthy Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scim-anthy
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scim-anthy
Install scim-anthy 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 scim-anthy
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scim-anthy
How To Uninstall scim-anthy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the scim-anthy
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scim-anthy
Uninstall scim-anthy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scim-anthy
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scim-anthy
Remove scim-anthy Configurations and Data
To remove scim-anthy
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scim-anthy
Remove scim-anthy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scim-anthy
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scim-anthy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-anthy
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.