How To Install tamil-gtk2im on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tamil-gtk2im on Debian 11.
What is tamil-gtk2im
tamil-gtk2im is:
This package provides input methods for the Tamil Language for applications written with the GTK+ Graphical User Interface Library.
The package supports TSCII encodings for TamilVP, Tamil99 and Anjal keyboard layouts, and Unicode encodings for TamilVP and Tamil99. and Anjal keyboard layouts.
There are three methods to install tamil-gtk2im 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 tamil-gtk2im Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tamil-gtk2im using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tamil-gtk2im
Install tamil-gtk2im Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tamil-gtk2im using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tamil-gtk2im
Install tamil-gtk2im 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 tamil-gtk2im using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tamil-gtk2im
How To Uninstall tamil-gtk2im on Debian 11
To uninstall only the tamil-gtk2im package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tamil-gtk2im
Uninstall tamil-gtk2im And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tamil-gtk2im and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tamil-gtk2im
Remove tamil-gtk2im Configurations and Data
To remove tamil-gtk2im configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tamil-gtk2im
Remove tamil-gtk2im configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tamil-gtk2im configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tamil-gtk2im
Dependencies
tamil-gtk2im have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libfribidi0
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tamil-gtk2im package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.