How to Install and Uninstall mecab Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "mecab" package

Please follow the instructions below to install mecab on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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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 guidelines below to uninstall mecab on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: mecab
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.996-10build1
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: 926
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libmecab2 (>= 0.996), mecab-jumandic | mecab-ipadic
Filename: pool/universe/m/mecab/mecab_0.996-10build1_amd64.deb
Size: 131840
MD5sum: 5c044cd61be9502710f242d226ed2a73
SHA1: 7877508b8e5aa2bdcf9aad242528dd258f3ae736
SHA256: c5aa481cb9c8ddba8ececa8505bd556ebc4191676b50c9ba315097f4b068e92b
Homepage: https://taku910.github.io/mecab/
Description: Japanese morphological analysis system
Description-md5: e4eab18e2611f99ded7dca3f78c46fe9