How To Install tamil-gtk2im on Debian 12

Learn how to install tamil-gtk2im on Debian 12 with this tutorial. tamil-gtk2im is Tamil input method for GTK-2.0

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tamil-gtk2im on Debian 12.

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 12. 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 12

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 12, 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 12 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:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tamil-gtk2im package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.