How To Install gcin-tables on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcin-tables on Kali Linux. gcin-tables is input method tables for gcin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcin-tables on Kali Linux.

What is gcin-tables

gcin-tables is:

gcin is a GTK+ based input method which focused mainly on Traditional Chinese. However, it is also very useful for Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and many other languages.

This package contains architecture-dependent input method tables.

There are three methods to install gcin-tables on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gcin-tables Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gcin-tables using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gcin-tables

Install gcin-tables Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gcin-tables using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gcin-tables

Install gcin-tables Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gcin-tables using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcin-tables

How To Uninstall gcin-tables on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gcin-tables package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gcin-tables

Uninstall gcin-tables And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gcin-tables and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcin-tables

Remove gcin-tables Configurations and Data

To remove gcin-tables configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gcin-tables

Remove gcin-tables configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gcin-tables configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcin-tables

Dependencies

gcin-tables have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcin-tables package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.