ibus-table-createdb command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix ibus-table-createdb command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

ibus-table-createdb: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ibus-table-createdb: command not found

Solutions to ibus-table-createdb: command not found

How To Fix ibus-table-createdb: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ibus-table-createdb is provided by ibus-table package.

ibus-table is:

IBus-Table is the IM Engine framework for table-based input methods, such as WuBi, ErBi, CangJie and so on.

This package provide the table engine framework and one input method:

  • Compose: input special character by compose letter and diacritical mark

More input method based on ibus-table can be installed from ibus-table-cangjie, ibus-table-wubi, …

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install ibus-table

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install ibus-table.

sudo apt -y install ibus-table

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install ibus-table

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix ibus-table-createdb command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.