How To Install scim-thai on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-thai
on Debian 11.
What is scim-thai
scim-thai is:
SCIM (Smart Common Input Method) is an input method (IM) platform.
This package provides Thai input method engine for SCIM. Currently, it supports Ketmanee, TIS-820.2538 and Pattachote keyboards; three levels of strictness for input sequence check.
There are three methods to install scim-thai
on Debian 11. 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-thai 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-thai
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scim-thai
Install scim-thai Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scim-thai
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scim-thai
Install scim-thai 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-thai
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scim-thai
How To Uninstall scim-thai on Debian 11
To uninstall only the scim-thai
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scim-thai
Uninstall scim-thai And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scim-thai
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scim-thai
Remove scim-thai Configurations and Data
To remove scim-thai
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scim-thai
Remove scim-thai configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scim-thai
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scim-thai
Dependencies
scim-thai have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-thai
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.