How To Install fcitx-module-x11 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-module-x11 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fcitx-module-x11
fcitx-module-x11 is:
Fcitx is a input method framework with extension support, which provides an interface for entering characters of different scripts in applications using a variety of mapping systems.
It offers a pleasant and modern experience, with intuitive graphical configuration tools and customizable skins and mapping tables. It is highly modularized and extensible, with GTK+ 2/3 and Qt4 IM Modules, support for UIs based on Fbterm, pure Xlib, GTK+, or KDE, and a developer-friendly API.
This package provides the X11 module, X11 utilities used by other addons such as fcitx-ui-classic, and is required for all desktop users. An Xlibs based virtual keyboard module has been also included in this package for it’s an obvious feature needed by many desktop users.
XIM frontend (client) is placed in this package too because of its nature of being the basic input protocol supported by X.
There are three methods to install fcitx-module-x11 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 fcitx-module-x11 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx-module-x11 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-module-x11
Install fcitx-module-x11 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx-module-x11 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx-module-x11
Install fcitx-module-x11 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 fcitx-module-x11 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-module-x11
How To Uninstall fcitx-module-x11 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fcitx-module-x11 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx-module-x11
Uninstall fcitx-module-x11 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx-module-x11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx-module-x11
Remove fcitx-module-x11 Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx-module-x11 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-module-x11
Remove fcitx-module-x11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx-module-x11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx-module-x11
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-module-x11 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
