How To Install anthy on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install anthy on Ubuntu 20.04. anthy is Japanese kana-kanji conversion - utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install anthy on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is anthy

anthy is:

Anthy is kana-kanji conversion engine for Japanese. It converts hiragana text to mixed kana and kanji. It is implemented as a library and stores private information in ~/.anthy/.

There are three methods to install anthy on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install anthy Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install anthy using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install anthy

Install anthy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install anthy using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install anthy

Install anthy 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 anthy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install anthy

How To Uninstall anthy on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the anthy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove anthy

Uninstall anthy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall anthy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove anthy

Remove anthy Configurations and Data

To remove anthy configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge anthy

Remove anthy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove anthy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge anthy

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install anthy package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.