How To Install rime_deployer on Ubuntu 22.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install librime-bin

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is rime_deployer and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 22.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 22.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install rime_deployer on Ubuntu 22.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install rime_deployer using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install rime_deployer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librime-bin

Install rime_deployer using apt

Because rime_deployer is available in Ubuntu 22.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install rime_deployer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librime-bin

Install rime_deployer using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu 22.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install rime_deployer by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librime-bin

How to upgrade (update) a single package rime_deployer using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the rime_deployer, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install librime-bin

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install librime-bin

How To Uninstall rime_deployer from Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the rime_deployer package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librime-bin

Uninstall rime_deployer and all its dependencies

To uninstall rime_deployer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librime-bin

Remove rime_deployer with all configurations and data

To remove rime_deployer configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librime-bin

Remove rime_deployer completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to rime_deployer package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librime-bin

Extra info and code examples

RIME is the acronym of Rime Input Method Engine. RIME is a lightweight, extensible input method engine supporting various input schematas including glyph-based input methods, romanization-based input methods as well as those for Chinese dialects. It has the ability to compose phrases and sentences intelligently and provide very accurate traditional Chinese output. RIME's cross-platform core library is written in C++, and can work consistently on different platforms with OS-specific wrappers. This package provides the executable utilities of RIME.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install rime_deployer using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the rime_deployer from Ubuntu 22.04.

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