How To Install fcitx-chewing on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-chewing on Kali Linux.

What is fcitx-chewing

fcitx-chewing is:

fcitx-chewing is a wrapper of Chewing IM engine for Fcitx.

Chewing is an intelligent phonetic input method library designed mainly for inputing Traditional Chinese..

There are three methods to install fcitx-chewing 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 fcitx-chewing Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-chewing

Install fcitx-chewing Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fcitx-chewing

Install fcitx-chewing 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 fcitx-chewing using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-chewing

How To Uninstall fcitx-chewing on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fcitx-chewing package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fcitx-chewing

Uninstall fcitx-chewing And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx-chewing

Remove fcitx-chewing Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-chewing

Remove fcitx-chewing configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx-chewing

Dependencies

fcitx-chewing have the following dependencies:

• fcitx-bin
• fcitx-data

References

• fcitx-chewing website

Summary

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