How To Install xsunpinyin on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsunpinyin on Debian 11.
What is xsunpinyin
xsunpinyin is:
Sunpinyin is a statistical language model (SLM) based input method engine for Simplified Chinese, it features full sentence input.
This package provides a XIM server with SunPinyin input method.
There are three methods to install xsunpinyin on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xsunpinyin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xsunpinyin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xsunpinyin
Install xsunpinyin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xsunpinyin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xsunpinyin
Install xsunpinyin 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 xsunpinyin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xsunpinyin
How To Uninstall xsunpinyin on Debian 11
To uninstall only the xsunpinyin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xsunpinyin
Uninstall xsunpinyin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xsunpinyin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xsunpinyin
Remove xsunpinyin Configurations and Data
To remove xsunpinyin configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xsunpinyin
Remove xsunpinyin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xsunpinyin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xsunpinyin
Dependencies
xsunpinyin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsunpinyin package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.