How To Install scim-pinyin on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-pinyin on Debian 9.
What is scim-pinyin
scim-pinyin is:
SCIM (Smart Common Input Method) is an input method (IM) platform.
This package provides smart pinyin IM engine for SCIM. It includes the plugin modules and the data files. With this module you can use the smart pinyin input method for Chinese.
For details about SCIM, please see the description of package scim.
There are three methods to install scim-pinyin 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 scim-pinyin 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-pinyin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scim-pinyin
Install scim-pinyin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scim-pinyin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scim-pinyin
Install scim-pinyin 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 scim-pinyin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scim-pinyin
How To Uninstall scim-pinyin on Debian 9
To uninstall only the scim-pinyin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scim-pinyin
Uninstall scim-pinyin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scim-pinyin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scim-pinyin
Remove scim-pinyin Configurations and Data
To remove scim-pinyin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scim-pinyin
Remove scim-pinyin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scim-pinyin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scim-pinyin
Dependencies
scim-pinyin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-pinyin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.