How To Install fcitx-table-cantonese on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fcitx-table-cantonese

fcitx-table-cantonese is:

Fcitx is a input method framework with extension support, which provides an interface for entering characters of different scripts in applications using a variety of mapping systems.

It offers a pleasant and modern experience, with intuitive graphical configuration tools and customizable skins and mapping tables. It is highly modularized and extensible, with GTK+ 2/3 and Qt4 IM Modules, support for UIs based on Fbterm, pure Xlib, GTK+, or KDE, and a developer-friendly API.

This package provides Cantonese table used by the Fcitx table engine.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-table-cantonese

Install fcitx-table-cantonese Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fcitx-table-cantonese

Install fcitx-table-cantonese 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-table-cantonese using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-table-cantonese

How To Uninstall fcitx-table-cantonese on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fcitx-table-cantonese

Uninstall fcitx-table-cantonese And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx-table-cantonese

Remove fcitx-table-cantonese Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-table-cantonese

Remove fcitx-table-cantonese configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx-table-cantonese

Dependencies

fcitx-table-cantonese have the following dependencies:

• fcitx-table

References

• fcitx-table-cantonese website

Summary

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