How To Install ibus-libthai on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ibus-libthai

ibus-libthai is:

ibus-libthai is a Thai IBus input method engine based on LibThai library.

It supports Ketmanee, TIS-820.2538 and Pattachote keyboard layouts, and can check and correct input sequences with three levels of strictness.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ibus-libthai

Install ibus-libthai Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ibus-libthai

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

sudo aptitude -y install ibus-libthai

How To Uninstall ibus-libthai on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ibus-libthai

Uninstall ibus-libthai And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibus-libthai

Remove ibus-libthai Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ibus-libthai

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

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

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

Dependencies

ibus-libthai have the following dependencies:

• ibus
• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libibus-1.0-5
• libthai0

References

• ibus-libthai website

Summary

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