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

Last updated: May 16,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gcin" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gcin on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gcin" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall gcin 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 gcin package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gcin
Source: gcin (2.9.0+dfsg1-2)
Version: 2.9.0+dfsg1-2+b4
Installed-Size: 1172
Maintainer: Debian Input Method Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libgcin (>= 2.9.0+dfsg1), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libx11-6, libxtst6, gcin-data, gcin-tables
Recommends: im-config, gcin-gtk2-immodule, gcin-gtk3-immodule, libayatana-appindicator3-1
Suggests: gcin-anthy, gcin-qt5-immodule, gcin-voice
Description: GTK+ based input method for Chinese users
Description-md5: 76aafdefb6c4738db36a21e1d9cbbd66
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://hyperrate.com/dir.php?eid=67
Tag: accessibility::input, culture::chinese, culture::taiwanese,
implemented-in::c, interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program,
uitoolkit::gtk, x11::application
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gcin/gcin_2.9.0+dfsg1-2+b4_amd64.deb
Size: 305120
MD5sum: 9154f716992fd83334e263bc5ce38d3e
SHA256: e926ce3763de1dc4f52ae69df636a016b4573ece4649bbc9b4e8dad0e45392db