How to Install and Uninstall python3-mecab Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "python3-mecab" package

Please follow the instructions below to install python3-mecab on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install python3-mecab

2. Uninstall "python3-mecab" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall python3-mecab on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):

$ sudo apt remove python3-mecab $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the python3-mecab package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: python3-mecab
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.996-10build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Source: mecab
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Natural Language Processing (Japanese)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 151
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libmecab2 (>= 0.996), libstdc++6 (>= 5), python3 (<< 3.9), python3 (>= 3.8~), python3:any
Filename: pool/universe/m/mecab/python3-mecab_0.996-10build1_amd64.deb
Size: 32912
MD5sum: aeaa15c821c38081188c156ca243031a
SHA1: efa16f02e9574e5cace482681dbef1da51b73afe
SHA256: 8b6b89a365f2675c9730ec3c7bc24bc0e475eb4998a554ebb6b2c3ea8479b811
Homepage: https://taku910.github.io/mecab/
Description: Mecab binding for Python3
Description-md5: 53463162703e0adc4a636412172ce840