How to Install and Uninstall fcitx5 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 21,2024

You can also install and uninstall the fcitx5 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "fcitx5" package

This is a short guide on how to install fcitx5 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "fcitx5" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall fcitx5 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fcitx5 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: fcitx5
Version: 5.0.21-3
Installed-Size: 657
Maintainer: Debian Input Method Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: fcitx5-data (= 5.0.21-3), fcitx5-modules (= 5.0.21-3), libfcitx5config6 (= 5.0.21-3), libfcitx5core7 (= 5.0.21-3), libfcitx5utils2 (= 5.0.21-3), libc6 (>= 2.34), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libjson-c5 (>= 0.15), libstdc++6 (>= 11)
Recommends: fcitx5-config-qt, fcitx5-frontend-gtk3, fcitx5-frontend-gtk4, fcitx5-frontend-qt5, fcitx5-frontend-qt6, im-config (>= 0.44)
Suggests: fcitx5-chinese-addons, fcitx5-frontend-gtk2, kde-config-fcitx5
Conflicts: fcitx (<< 1:5), fcitx-bin (<< 1:5), fcitx-data (<< 1:5)
Description: Next generation of Fcitx Input Method Framework
Description-md5: 59968c4b78e126723a4c757d401dfb7a
Homepage: https://github.com/fcitx/fcitx5
Tag: accessibility::input, implemented-in::c++
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fcitx5/fcitx5_5.0.21-3_amd64.deb
Size: 194488
MD5sum: 8a47c44f906c10456668e7381633bc69
SHA256: 5dee71e870b4b5f9abf2d01967c93e602b7c1eb9868fe330fb52697236e712aa