How To Install fcitx-rime on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-rime on Kali Linux.
What is fcitx-rime
fcitx-rime is:
fcitx-rime is a wrapper of RIME engine for Fcitx.
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.
There are three methods to install fcitx-rime 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-rime Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fcitx-rime using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-rimeInstall fcitx-rime Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fcitx-rime using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx-rimeInstall fcitx-rime 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 fcitx-rime using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-rimeHow To Uninstall fcitx-rime on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fcitx-rime package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx-rimeUninstall fcitx-rime And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx-rime and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx-rimeRemove fcitx-rime Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx-rime configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-rimeRemove fcitx-rime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx-rime configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx-rimeDependencies
fcitx-rime have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-rime package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.