How To Install skkdic-extra on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install skkdic-extra on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is skkdic-extra
skkdic-extra is:
This package provides various dictionary files, such as
SKK-JISYO.zipcode',SKK-JISYO.fullname’,SKK-JISYO.law',SKK-JISYO.M’,SKK-JISYO.S', and so on, except the large size dictionary fileSKK-JISYO.L’ provided by the skkdic package, for SKK Japanese input systems.
To merge or edit dictionaries, install the skktools package. To use dictionaries more conveniently, several SKK dictionary servers are available, such as dbskkd-cdb and skksearch.
There are three methods to install skkdic-extra 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 skkdic-extra Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install skkdic-extra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install skkdic-extra
Install skkdic-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install skkdic-extra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install skkdic-extra
Install skkdic-extra 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 skkdic-extra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install skkdic-extra
How To Uninstall skkdic-extra on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the skkdic-extra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove skkdic-extra
Uninstall skkdic-extra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall skkdic-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove skkdic-extra
Remove skkdic-extra Configurations and Data
To remove skkdic-extra configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge skkdic-extra
Remove skkdic-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove skkdic-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge skkdic-extra
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install skkdic-extra package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
