How To Install fcitx5-mozc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-mozc on Kali Linux.

What is fcitx5-mozc

fcitx5-mozc is:

This is the mozc engine for fcitx version 5. 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.

fcitx5-mozc provides client part of the Mozc input method.

There are three methods to install fcitx5-mozc 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-mozc 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-mozc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fcitx5-mozc

Install fcitx5-mozc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fcitx5-mozc

Install fcitx5-mozc 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-mozc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fcitx5-mozc

How To Uninstall fcitx5-mozc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fcitx5-mozc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fcitx5-mozc

Uninstall fcitx5-mozc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx5-mozc

Remove fcitx5-mozc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx5-mozc

Remove fcitx5-mozc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx5-mozc

Dependencies

fcitx5-mozc have the following dependencies:

• libabsl20200923
• libc6
• libfcitx5config6
• libfcitx5core7
• libfcitx5utils2
• libgcc-s1
• libprotobuf23
• libstdc++6
• fcitx5
• mozc-server
• fcitx-mozc-data

References

• fcitx5-mozc website

Summary

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