How To Install scim-modules-table on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-modules-table on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is scim-modules-table
scim-modules-table is:
SCIM (Smart Common Input Method) is an input method (IM) platform.
This package is the generic tables IM engine for SCIM. With data tables this module can provides input method for various languages.
For details about SCIM, please see the description of package scim.
There are three methods to install scim-modules-table 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-modules-table 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-modules-table using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scim-modules-table
Install scim-modules-table Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scim-modules-table using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scim-modules-table
Install scim-modules-table 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-modules-table using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scim-modules-table
How To Uninstall scim-modules-table on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the scim-modules-table package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scim-modules-table
Uninstall scim-modules-table And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scim-modules-table and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scim-modules-table
Remove scim-modules-table Configurations and Data
To remove scim-modules-table configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scim-modules-table
Remove scim-modules-table configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scim-modules-table configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scim-modules-table
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-modules-table package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
