How To Install skksearch on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install skksearch on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is skksearch
skksearch is:
skksearch is a dictionary server for SKK Japanese input systems. skksearch can deal with more than one dictionary and supports three types of dictionaries, that is, plain, Berkeley DB and cdb (DJB’s constant database).
skksearch is compatible with skkserv on the protocol behavior. It is called from an internet super-server.
By default, this package uses the SKK dictionary cdb file `SKK-JISYO.cdb’ that is provided by the skkdic-cdb package. Also, you can use other dictionary files such as the skkdic-extra package.
There are three methods to install skksearch 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 skksearch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install skksearch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install skksearch
Install skksearch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install skksearch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install skksearch
Install skksearch 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 skksearch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install skksearch
How To Uninstall skksearch on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the skksearch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove skksearch
Uninstall skksearch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall skksearch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove skksearch
Remove skksearch Configurations and Data
To remove skksearch configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge skksearch
Remove skksearch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove skksearch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge skksearch
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install skksearch package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
