How To Install fcitx-googlepinyin on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fcitx-googlepinyin

fcitx-googlepinyin is:

fcitx-googlepinyin is a wrapper of Google Pinyin IM engine for Fcitx.

Google Pinyin is a fork of Google Pinyin on Android, it features to have excellent input experience and uses little resource.

There are three methods to install fcitx-googlepinyin 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-googlepinyin 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-googlepinyin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-googlepinyin

Install fcitx-googlepinyin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fcitx-googlepinyin

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

sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-googlepinyin

How To Uninstall fcitx-googlepinyin on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fcitx-googlepinyin

Uninstall fcitx-googlepinyin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx-googlepinyin

Remove fcitx-googlepinyin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-googlepinyin

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

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

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

Dependencies

fcitx-googlepinyin have the following dependencies:

• fcitx-bin
• fcitx-data

References

• fcitx-googlepinyin website

Summary

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