How To Install fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor on Kali Linux.

What is fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor

fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor 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 Qt 4/5 IM Modules, support for UIs based on Fbterm, pure Xlib, GTK+, or KDE, and a developer-friendly API.

This package provides the Quick Phrase Editor module for configuration tools including fcitx-config-gtk and kde-config-fcitx. It is compatible with both fcitx4 and fcitx5.

There are three methods to install fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor 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 fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor

Install fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor

Install fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor 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 fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor

How To Uninstall fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor

Uninstall fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor

Remove fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor Configurations and Data

To remove fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor

Remove fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor

Dependencies

fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor have the following dependencies:

• libfcitx-qt5-data
• libc6
• libfcitx-config4
• libfcitx-qt5-1
• libfcitx-utils0
• libgcc-s1
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6

References

• fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.