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

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "mecab" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install mecab on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall mecab on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mecab
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 237
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: TSUCHIYA Masatoshi
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.996-1.2ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libmecab2 (>= 0.996-1.2ubuntu1), mecab-jumandic | mecab-ipadic
Filename: pool/universe/m/mecab/mecab_0.996-1.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 83198
MD5sum: fb7341223380acd8a25d7b9844abb1f2
SHA1: 9d4b6ae61c17ee83073c34b9c604500abefe609e
SHA256: c68ae11548cd2ba0b2ec503f1541b83bf135d53475c8bac3471ec7ef541ccb70
Description-en: Japanese morphological analysis system
Mecab is a morphological analysis system. It reads Japanese
sentences from the standard input, segments them into morpheme
sequences, and outputs them to the standard output with many
additional pieces of information (pronunciation, semantic
information, etc).
Description-md5: e4eab18e2611f99ded7dca3f78c46fe9
Homepage: http://taku910.github.io/mecab/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu