uim-xim command not found

Introduction

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

uim-xim: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: uim-xim: command not found

Solutions to uim-xim: command not found

How To Fix uim-xim: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu uim-xim is provided by uim-xim package.

uim-xim is:

Uim is an input method module library which supports various scripts and can act as a front end for a range of input methods, including Anthy, Canna, or SKK (for Japanese), Pinyin (for Chinese), Byeoru (for Korean), and M17n (for many other languages). Most of its functions are implemented in Scheme, so it’s very simple and flexible.

This package provides a bridge allowing software that can only interface with the X Input Method to work with uim.

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

sudo apt-get -y install uim-xim

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

You can also use apt command to install uim-xim.

sudo apt -y install uim-xim

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

sudo aptitude install uim-xim

Summary

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