How To Install xneur on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xneur on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xneur
xneur is:
When users work in multilingual environment (e.g. Russian+English), they sometimes type in text with wrong keyboard layout. In auto mode XNeur can automatically detect language of word user typed, switch keyboard layout and convert word from one keyboard layout into another. In manual mode user has ability to convert last typed word or some selected text with hot-keys. The main idea of this utility is similar to Punto Switcher for MS Windows. For now XNeur support English, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, French, Romanian, German, Kazakh and many other languages.
There are three methods to install xneur 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 xneur Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xneur using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xneur
Install xneur Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xneur using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xneur
Install xneur 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 xneur using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xneur
How To Uninstall xneur on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xneur package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xneur
Uninstall xneur And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xneur and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xneur
Remove xneur Configurations and Data
To remove xneur configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xneur
Remove xneur configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xneur configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xneur
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xneur package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
