How To Install uim-pinyin on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uim-pinyin
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is uim-pinyin
uim-pinyin 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 provides uim support for the (Traditional and Simplified) Chinese input methods py, pyunihan, and pinyin-big5.
There are three methods to install uim-pinyin
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install uim-pinyin 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-pinyin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uim-pinyin
Install uim-pinyin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install uim-pinyin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uim-pinyin
Install uim-pinyin 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 uim-pinyin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uim-pinyin
How To Uninstall uim-pinyin on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the uim-pinyin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uim-pinyin
Uninstall uim-pinyin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uim-pinyin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uim-pinyin
Remove uim-pinyin Configurations and Data
To remove uim-pinyin
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uim-pinyin
Remove uim-pinyin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove uim-pinyin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uim-pinyin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uim-pinyin
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.