How To Install uim-plugins on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uim-plugins
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is uim-plugins
uim-plugins 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 the plugin files for uim.
There are three methods to install uim-plugins
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-plugins 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-plugins
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uim-plugins
Install uim-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install uim-plugins
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uim-plugins
Install uim-plugins 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-plugins
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uim-plugins
How To Uninstall uim-plugins on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the uim-plugins
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uim-plugins
Uninstall uim-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uim-plugins
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uim-plugins
Remove uim-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove uim-plugins
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uim-plugins
Remove uim-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove uim-plugins
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uim-plugins
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uim-plugins
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.