How To Install fcitx5-rime on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-rime on Kali Linux. fcitx5-rime is Rime input method support for fcitx5

Introduction

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

What is fcitx5-rime

fcitx5-rime is:

This package provides a wrapper of RIME engine for Fcitx5.

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 fcitx5-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 fcitx5-rime 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-rime using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fcitx5-rime

Install fcitx5-rime Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fcitx5-rime

Install fcitx5-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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install fcitx5-rime

How To Uninstall fcitx5-rime on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fcitx5-rime

Uninstall fcitx5-rime And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx5-rime

Remove fcitx5-rime Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx5-rime

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

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

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

Dependencies

fcitx5-rime have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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