How to Install and Uninstall mecab Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: April 19,2024

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

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "mecab" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install mecab on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall mecab on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: mecab
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.996-14build9
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: 927
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libmecab2 (>= 0.996), mecab-jumandic | mecab-ipadic
Filename: pool/universe/m/mecab/mecab_0.996-14build9_amd64.deb
Size: 135806
MD5sum: 1bd501295577fc5010fb60b6709c06f6
SHA1: fb8615ec78c2305cafc54bea4cd0ec8050ce519b
SHA256: ccb0ab76ad6ad78072143879ef8160e2091612b2a6c0947404410a2b0c135fad
SHA512: 64c3d485d55838f4a14dc4f5bd32c290db9c782a87a280c82534699bcf7a880675432b8a9dd73e4eb2825c45965296aece4a01c67dfaeb7e5fb3878649bf3606
Homepage: https://taku910.github.io/mecab/
Description: Japanese morphological analysis system
Description-md5: e4eab18e2611f99ded7dca3f78c46fe9