How To Install skktools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install skktools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is skktools
skktools is:
This package provides tools to maintain dictionary files for SKK Japanese input systems.
SKK dictionary files are provided by the skkdic package and the skkdic-extra package. You can make a local dictionary file from them.
If you want to convert a dictionary file to cdb (DJB’s constant database), install the tinycdb package. To use the optional scripts, install the required tools, such as gawk, ruby, gauche, etc.
There are three methods to install skktools 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 skktools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install skktools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install skktools
Install skktools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install skktools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install skktools
Install skktools 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 skktools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install skktools
How To Uninstall skktools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the skktools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove skktools
Uninstall skktools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall skktools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove skktools
Remove skktools Configurations and Data
To remove skktools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge skktools
Remove skktools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove skktools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge skktools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install skktools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
