How To Install gcin-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gcin-data

gcin-data 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 contains icons, scripts and other architecture-independent things.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gcin-data

Install gcin-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gcin-data

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

sudo aptitude -y install gcin-data

How To Uninstall gcin-data on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gcin-data

Uninstall gcin-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcin-data

Remove gcin-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gcin-data

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

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

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

Dependencies

gcin-data have the following dependencies:

References

• gcin-data website

Summary

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