How to Install and Uninstall ibus-libpinyin Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "ibus-libpinyin" package

This tutorial shows how to install ibus-libpinyin on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ibus-libpinyin" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall ibus-libpinyin on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ibus-libpinyin package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ibus-libpinyin
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 2668
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: IME Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.7.3-2
Depends: ibus, python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libibus-1.0-5 (>= 1.5.1), liblua5.1-0, libpinyin7 (>= 1.3.0), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.6.11), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/universe/i/ibus-libpinyin/ibus-libpinyin_1.7.3-2_amd64.deb
Size: 700550
MD5sum: 7ed726c308f08e5a820f4c5556377c11
SHA1: 3ae32fcfc8439cd3583e50540849f0f452f8f390
SHA256: 3498c8504d9c7b4513ec32331aef27398b6887201d29ddd9cd3dc65c4fc72ff8
Description-en: Intelligent Pinyin engine based on libpinyin for IBus
It includes a Chinese Pinyin input method and a Chinese ZhuYin (Bopomofo)
input method based on libpinyin for IBus.
Description-md5: bde149528b823627c8a93119985902d2
Homepage: https://github.com/libpinyin/ibus-libpinyin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu