How To Install fcitx-sayura on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-sayura on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fcitx-sayura
fcitx-sayura is:
fcitx-googlepinyin is a wrapper of Sayura IM engine for Fcitx.
Sayura is a quasi-transliteration scheme for Sinhala script. Sayura uses individual Latin characters to signify unmodified consonents.
There are three methods to install fcitx-sayura 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-sayura 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-sayura using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-sayura
Install fcitx-sayura Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcitx-sayura using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx-sayura
Install fcitx-sayura 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-sayura using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-sayura
How To Uninstall fcitx-sayura on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fcitx-sayura package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx-sayura
Uninstall fcitx-sayura And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx-sayura and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx-sayura
Remove fcitx-sayura Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx-sayura configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-sayura
Remove fcitx-sayura configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx-sayura configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx-sayura
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-sayura package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
