How To Install ibus-cangjie on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-cangjie on Kali Linux. ibus-cangjie is Cangjie and Quick input methods for IBus

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-cangjie on Kali Linux.

What is ibus-cangjie

ibus-cangjie is:

This is an IBus engine for users of the Cangjie and Quick input methods.

It is primarily intended to Hong Kong people who want to input Traditional Chinese, however, it should work for others as well (e.g. to input Simplified Chinese).

There are three methods to install ibus-cangjie 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 ibus-cangjie Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ibus-cangjie

Install ibus-cangjie Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ibus-cangjie

Install ibus-cangjie 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 ibus-cangjie using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ibus-cangjie

How To Uninstall ibus-cangjie on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ibus-cangjie package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ibus-cangjie

Uninstall ibus-cangjie And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibus-cangjie

Remove ibus-cangjie Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ibus-cangjie

Remove ibus-cangjie configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ibus-cangjie

Dependencies

ibus-cangjie have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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