How To Install wnn7egg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install wnn7egg on Ubuntu 18.04. wnn7egg is Wnn-nana-tamago – EGG Input Method with Wnn7 for Emacsen

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wnn7egg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is wnn7egg

wnn7egg is:

EGG for Wnn7, called `wnn-nana-tamago’ is Japanese Input Method for Emacsen. It is based on Tamago ver.3 (v3.09) and incorporated the communication library part of Tamago Ver.4

This only can use with Jserver of Wnn7.

There are three methods to install wnn7egg on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wnn7egg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install wnn7egg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wnn7egg

Install wnn7egg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wnn7egg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wnn7egg

Install wnn7egg 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 wnn7egg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wnn7egg

How To Uninstall wnn7egg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the wnn7egg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wnn7egg

Uninstall wnn7egg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wnn7egg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wnn7egg

Remove wnn7egg Configurations and Data

To remove wnn7egg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wnn7egg

Remove wnn7egg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wnn7egg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wnn7egg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wnn7egg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.