How To Install ibus-gtk on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-gtk on Kali Linux. ibus-gtk is Intelligent Input Bus - GTK2 support

Introduction

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

What is ibus-gtk

ibus-gtk is:

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

This package contains the GTK2 IM module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ibus-gtk

Install ibus-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ibus-gtk

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

sudo aptitude -y install ibus-gtk

How To Uninstall ibus-gtk on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ibus-gtk

Uninstall ibus-gtk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibus-gtk

Remove ibus-gtk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ibus-gtk

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

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

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

Dependencies

ibus-gtk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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