How to Install and Uninstall mecab Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "mecab" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install mecab on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall mecab on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mecab
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mecab package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: mecab
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.996-5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Natural Language Processing, Japanese
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 916
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libmecab2, mecab-jumandic | mecab-ipadic
Filename: pool/universe/m/mecab/mecab_0.996-5_amd64.deb
Size: 131824
MD5sum: 6b19fcca5e6415c6f26dd1d116eb1ef4
SHA1: 3eb02f11fe4707ad4df01af7e22d70dec7617c59
SHA256: 2ae51550efb4f1e244e97efde4d5efca2e30fb1a92f108f7340424335061c580
Homepage: https://taku910.github.io/mecab/
Description: Japanese morphological analysis system
Description-md5: e4eab18e2611f99ded7dca3f78c46fe9