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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "mecab-utils" package

This is a short guide on how to install mecab-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall mecab-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: mecab-utils
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 52
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: TSUCHIYA Masatoshi
Architecture: amd64
Source: mecab
Version: 0.996-1.2ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libmecab2 (>= 0.996-1.2ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mecab/mecab-utils_0.996-1.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 4566
MD5sum: 62221838e3a0d83b080188b229cbc19a
SHA1: c29f690fefa6be78c02dba17e7473486c0f71ac2
SHA256: f24bda9428523fddc8e50ebeabdd91d72602929dbd5952f0f17c8cb7f0f9eb21
Description-en: Support programs of Mecab
This package provides the dictionary compiler to convert a dictionary
written in text format to a binary data for Mecab, that is a Japanese
morphological analysis system. This package is necessary to install
dictionary packages for Mecab like mecab-jumandic.
Description-md5: b3477ba41ed2882195928af3796a1490
Homepage: http://taku910.github.io/mecab/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu