How To Install xiterm+thai on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xiterm+thai on Ubuntu.
What is xiterm+thai
xiterm+thai is:
xiterm+thai is an X terminal emulator program with Thai language support. It has built-in Thai keyboard input support. You could also use the X11 XKB extension to input Thai characters.
A Thai TIS-620 font, such as one from xfonts-thai-nectec is needed to display Thai characters.
There are three methods to install xiterm+thai on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xiterm+thai Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xiterm+thai using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xiterm+thai
Install xiterm+thai Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xiterm+thai using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xiterm+thai
Install xiterm+thai 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. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install xiterm+thai using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xiterm+thai
How To Uninstall xiterm+thai on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the xiterm+thai package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xiterm+thai
Uninstall xiterm+thai And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xiterm+thai and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xiterm+thai
Remove xiterm+thai Configurations and Data
To remove xiterm+thai configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xiterm+thai
Remove xiterm+thai configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xiterm+thai configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xiterm+thai
Dependencies
xiterm+thai have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xiterm+thai package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.