How To Install scim-tables-ja on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-tables-ja
on Debian 10.
What is scim-tables-ja
scim-tables-ja is:
SCIM (Smart Common Input Method) is an input method (IM) platform.
This package contains SCIM table-based input method data for Japanese. Currently the provided tables are Hiragana, Katagana, and Nippon.
Note the table-based Japanese input method provided in this package is very primitive, probably only useful for people just start learning Japanese, and most certainly doesn’t fit native speakers’ need. Users who need to input Japanese all the time should look at other SCIM modules for Japanese, such as scim-anthy package.
For details about SCIM, please see the description of package scim.
There are three methods to install scim-tables-ja
on Debian 10. 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-tables-ja 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-tables-ja
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scim-tables-ja
Install scim-tables-ja Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scim-tables-ja
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scim-tables-ja
Install scim-tables-ja 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-tables-ja
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scim-tables-ja
How To Uninstall scim-tables-ja on Debian 10
To uninstall only the scim-tables-ja
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scim-tables-ja
Uninstall scim-tables-ja And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scim-tables-ja
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scim-tables-ja
Remove scim-tables-ja Configurations and Data
To remove scim-tables-ja
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scim-tables-ja
Remove scim-tables-ja configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scim-tables-ja
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scim-tables-ja
Dependencies
scim-tables-ja have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-tables-ja
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.