How to Install and Uninstall libmecab2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libmecab2" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libmecab2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libmecab2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libmecab2" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libmecab2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libmecab2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libmecab2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libmecab2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 1882
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: TSUCHIYA Masatoshi
Architecture: amd64
Source: mecab
Version: 0.996-1.2ubuntu1
Replaces: libmecab1, libmecab2v5
Provides: libmecab2v5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Conflicts: libmecab1, libmecab2v5
Breaks: libmecab1
Filename: pool/universe/m/mecab/libmecab2_0.996-1.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 264222
MD5sum: f36283389a88e601612c3c7ecfbbd57e
SHA1: 6be05a17e0cc4f37538dfdfd467161c4abd5e81c
SHA256: 40f81564c91d85707c7b89ea892c35f934d4afee0ef545d323329b5d7029f3ee
Description-en: Libraries of Mecab
This package provides runtime libraries of Mecab, that is a Japanese
morphological analysis system.
Description-md5: b24292696c7071ab40bec59c2dc1e18a
Homepage: http://taku910.github.io/mecab/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu