How To Install scim-tables-zh on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-tables-zh on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is scim-tables-zh
scim-tables-zh is:
SCIM (Smart Common Input Method) is an input method (IM) platform.
This package contains SCIM table-based input method data for Chinese. Currently the provided tables are:
Array30, CangJie, CangJie3, CangJie5, Cantonese, CantonHK, CNS11643, Dayi3, EZ-Big, Erbi, Erbi-QS, Jyutping, Quick, Simplex, Stroke5, Wubi, Wu, ZhuYin, ZhuYin-Big, and Ziranma.
Traditional Chinese users may also want to look at the scim-chewing package, which provides a Phonetic (BoPoMoFo) input method likely better than the one provided by ZhuYin and ZhuYin-Big tables in this package.
For details about SCIM, please see the description of package scim.
There are three methods to install scim-tables-zh 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-tables-zh 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-zh using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scim-tables-zh
Install scim-tables-zh Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scim-tables-zh using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scim-tables-zh
Install scim-tables-zh 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-tables-zh using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scim-tables-zh
How To Uninstall scim-tables-zh on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the scim-tables-zh package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scim-tables-zh
Uninstall scim-tables-zh And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scim-tables-zh and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scim-tables-zh
Remove scim-tables-zh Configurations and Data
To remove scim-tables-zh configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scim-tables-zh
Remove scim-tables-zh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scim-tables-zh configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scim-tables-zh
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-tables-zh package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
