How To Install ibus-pinyin on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-pinyin on Ubuntu 20.04. ibus-pinyin is Pinyin engine for IBus

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-pinyin on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is ibus-pinyin

ibus-pinyin is:

ibus-pinyin is a IBus based IM engine for Chinese.

For more information on pinyin input method, please check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin_method

This package contains pinyin input method.

This pinyin input method is deprecated; new users should switch to ibus-libpinyin, which is a contemporary implementation of pinyin input method.

There are three methods to install ibus-pinyin 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 ibus-pinyin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ibus-pinyin

Install ibus-pinyin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ibus-pinyin

Install ibus-pinyin 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 ibus-pinyin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ibus-pinyin

How To Uninstall ibus-pinyin on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the ibus-pinyin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ibus-pinyin

Uninstall ibus-pinyin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibus-pinyin

Remove ibus-pinyin Configurations and Data

To remove ibus-pinyin configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ibus-pinyin

Remove ibus-pinyin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ibus-pinyin

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Summary

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