How to Install and Uninstall gcin Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "gcin" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install gcin on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gcin on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gcin
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gcin package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: gcin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.9.0+dfsg1-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Input Method Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1246
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libgcin (>= 2.9.0+dfsg1), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 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
Suggests: gcin-anthy, gcin-qt5-immodule, gcin-voice
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcin/gcin_2.9.0+dfsg1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 245684
MD5sum: 0a47cb76db4a8ccc01437d03536587be
SHA1: 25bbc70b27d6f3c12983e29e6b2f93387fdbcc9f
SHA256: 64eb503d095bebb862baaee4da4e9e72abd5dab9557cc45af00bff12bf23f040
SHA512: a4fdcca0633d5afc34e154c917090cb7c6024f89ae0fe04be761e53177a48c829b4f85986f8b5d1135ce01d38ea8c31fa59b6757bd696a3d1d6079502765ab44
Homepage: http://hyperrate.com/dir.php?eid=67
Description-en: GTK+ based input method for Chinese users
gcin is a GTK+ based input method which focused mainly on Traditional
Chinese. However, it is also very useful for Simplified Chinese, Japanese,
and many other languages.
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To use gcin, the correspondence immodule packages also need to be installed.
They are:
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* gcin-gtk2-immodule for GTK2
* gcin-gtk3-immodule for GTK3
* gcin-qt5-immodule for Qt5
Description-md5: 76aafdefb6c4738db36a21e1d9cbbd66