How To Install ibus-chewing on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-chewing on Kali Linux. ibus-chewing is Chewing engine for IBus

Introduction

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

What is ibus-chewing

ibus-chewing is:

IBus is an Intelligent Input Bus. It is a new input framework for Linux OS. It provides full featured and user friendly input method user interface. It also may help developers to develop input method easily.

IBus-chewing is a IBus based IM Engine for Traditional Chinese

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

sudo apt-get -y install ibus-chewing

Install ibus-chewing Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ibus-chewing

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

sudo aptitude -y install ibus-chewing

How To Uninstall ibus-chewing on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ibus-chewing

Uninstall ibus-chewing And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibus-chewing

Remove ibus-chewing Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ibus-chewing

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

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

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

Dependencies

ibus-chewing have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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