How To Install uim-look on Debian 12

Learn how to install uim-look on Debian 12 with this tutorial. uim-look is Universal Input Method - Dictionary-based completion input support metapackage

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install uim-look on Debian 12.

What is uim-look

uim-look is:

Uim is an input method module library which supports various scripts and can act as a front end for a range of input methods, including Anthy, Canna, or SKK (for Japanese), Pinyin (for Chinese), Byeoru (for Korean), and M17n (for many other languages). Most of its functions are implemented in Scheme, so it’s very simple and flexible.

This package contains Dictionary-based completion input style for uim.

There are three methods to install uim-look 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 uim-look Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install uim-look using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install uim-look

Install uim-look Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install uim-look using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install uim-look

Install uim-look 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 uim-look using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install uim-look

How To Uninstall uim-look on Debian 12

To uninstall only the uim-look package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove uim-look

Uninstall uim-look And Its Dependencies

To uninstall uim-look and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove uim-look

Remove uim-look Configurations and Data

To remove uim-look configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge uim-look

Remove uim-look configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove uim-look configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uim-look

Dependencies

uim-look have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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