How To Install hime-qt5-immodule on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install hime-qt5-immodule on Kali Linux. hime-qt5-immodule is Qt5 input method module with HIME as backend

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hime-qt5-immodule on Kali Linux.

What is hime-qt5-immodule

hime-qt5-immodule is:

HIME Input Method Editor is a input method platform, which is forked from the famous gcin input method.

This package is the Qt5 input method module (immodule) for HIME.

There are three methods to install hime-qt5-immodule 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 hime-qt5-immodule Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hime-qt5-immodule using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hime-qt5-immodule

Install hime-qt5-immodule Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hime-qt5-immodule using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hime-qt5-immodule

Install hime-qt5-immodule 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 hime-qt5-immodule using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hime-qt5-immodule

How To Uninstall hime-qt5-immodule on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the hime-qt5-immodule package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hime-qt5-immodule

Uninstall hime-qt5-immodule And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hime-qt5-immodule and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hime-qt5-immodule

Remove hime-qt5-immodule Configurations and Data

To remove hime-qt5-immodule configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hime-qt5-immodule

Remove hime-qt5-immodule configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hime-qt5-immodule configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hime-qt5-immodule

Dependencies

hime-qt5-immodule have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hime-qt5-immodule package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.