How To Install libkkc2 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkkc2 on Debian 9. libkkc2 is Japanese Kana Kanji input library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkkc2 on Debian 9.

What is libkkc2

libkkc2 is:

libkkc provides a converter from Japanese Kana-string to Kana-Kanji-mixed-string. It was named after kkc.el in GNU Emacs, a simple Kana Kanji converter, while libkkc tries to convert sentences in a bit more complex way using N-gram language models.

This package provides the shared library for libkkc.

There are three methods to install libkkc2 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libkkc2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libkkc2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkkc2

Install libkkc2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkkc2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkkc2

Install libkkc2 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libkkc2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkkc2

How To Uninstall libkkc2 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libkkc2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkkc2

Uninstall libkkc2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkkc2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkkc2

Remove libkkc2 Configurations and Data

To remove libkkc2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkkc2

Remove libkkc2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkkc2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkkc2

Dependencies

libkkc2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkkc2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.