How To Install fcitx-modules on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-modules
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fcitx-modules
fcitx-modules 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 includes the following common modules:
- autoeng: automatically change to English mode while inputing specific string
- chttrans: convert Simplified Chinese text to Traditional
- fullwidthchar: full-width character input support
- ipcportal: compatibility layer for ofd.portal.Fcitx
- punc: punctuation conversion support
- quickphrase: conveniently input English or from user-defined simple table
- remote: change Fcitx state (deprecated, fcitx-remote uses D-Bus now)
- spell: spell check support
- keyboard: keyboard layout intergrate.
There are three methods to install fcitx-modules
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-modules 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-modules
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-modules
Install fcitx-modules Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx-modules
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx-modules
Install fcitx-modules 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-modules
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-modules
How To Uninstall fcitx-modules on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fcitx-modules
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx-modules
Uninstall fcitx-modules And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx-modules
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx-modules
Remove fcitx-modules Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx-modules
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-modules
Remove fcitx-modules configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx-modules
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx-modules
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-modules
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.