How To Install gcin-anthy on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcin-anthy on Kali Linux. gcin-anthy is support library to use Anthy in gcin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcin-anthy on Kali Linux.

What is gcin-anthy

gcin-anthy is:

gcin is a GTK+ based input method which focused mainly on Traditional Chinese. However, it is also very useful for Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and many other languages.

This package is the support library to use anthy in gcin.

There are three methods to install gcin-anthy 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 gcin-anthy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gcin-anthy using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gcin-anthy

Install gcin-anthy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gcin-anthy

Install gcin-anthy 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 gcin-anthy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcin-anthy

How To Uninstall gcin-anthy on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gcin-anthy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gcin-anthy

Uninstall gcin-anthy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcin-anthy

Remove gcin-anthy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gcin-anthy

Remove gcin-anthy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcin-anthy

Dependencies

gcin-anthy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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