How To Install ibus-mozc on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-mozc on Kali Linux.
What is ibus-mozc
ibus-mozc is:
IBus is an Intelligent Input Bus. It is a new input framework for Linux OS. It provides full featured and user friendly input method user interface. It also may help developers to develop input method easily.
Mozc is a Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) designed for multi-platform such as Chromium OS, Windows, Mac and Linux.
ibus-mozc provides client part of the Mozc input method.
This open-source project originates from Google Japanese Input.
There are three methods to install ibus-mozc 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 ibus-mozc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ibus-mozc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ibus-mozcInstall ibus-mozc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ibus-mozc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ibus-mozcInstall ibus-mozc 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ibus-mozc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ibus-mozcHow To Uninstall ibus-mozc on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ibus-mozc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ibus-mozcUninstall ibus-mozc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ibus-mozc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibus-mozcRemove ibus-mozc Configurations and Data
To remove ibus-mozc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ibus-mozcRemove ibus-mozc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ibus-mozc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ibus-mozcDependencies
ibus-mozc have the following dependencies:
- libabsl20200923
- libc6
- libglib2.0-0
- libibus-1.0-5
- libprotobuf23
- libstdc++6
- libxcb-xfixes0
- libxcb1
- mozc-data
- mozc-server
- ibus
- tegaki-zinnia-japanese
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-mozc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
