How To Install librime-data-sampheng on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librime-data-sampheng on Kali Linux. librime-data-sampheng is RIME schema data - sampheng (a.k.a Zhong Gu San Pin)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librime-data-sampheng on Kali Linux.

What is librime-data-sampheng

librime-data-sampheng is:

RIME is the acronym of Rime Input Method Engine.

RIME is a lightweight, extensible input method engine supporting various input schematas including glyph-based input methods, romanization-based input methods as well as those for Chinese dialects. It has the ability to compose phrases and sentences intelligently and provide very accurate traditional Chinese output. RIME’s cross-platform core library is written in C++, and can work consistently on different platforms with OS-specific wrappers.

This package provides the sampheng schema data of RIME.

There are three methods to install librime-data-sampheng 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 librime-data-sampheng Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install librime-data-sampheng

Install librime-data-sampheng Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librime-data-sampheng using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librime-data-sampheng

Install librime-data-sampheng 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 librime-data-sampheng using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librime-data-sampheng

How To Uninstall librime-data-sampheng on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librime-data-sampheng package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librime-data-sampheng

Uninstall librime-data-sampheng And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librime-data-sampheng

Remove librime-data-sampheng Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge librime-data-sampheng

Remove librime-data-sampheng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librime-data-sampheng

Dependencies

librime-data-sampheng have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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