How To Install ibus-libzhuyin on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ibus-libzhuyin

ibus-libzhuyin is:

ibus-libzhuyin is a Chinese Zhuyin (Bopomofo) input method based on libzhuyin. It provides an intelligent sentence-based Chinese zhuyin algorithm to improve input experience.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ibus-libzhuyin

Install ibus-libzhuyin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ibus-libzhuyin

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

sudo aptitude -y install ibus-libzhuyin

How To Uninstall ibus-libzhuyin on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ibus-libzhuyin

Uninstall ibus-libzhuyin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibus-libzhuyin

Remove ibus-libzhuyin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ibus-libzhuyin

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

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

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

Dependencies

ibus-libzhuyin have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libglib2.0-0
• libibus-1.0-5
• libopencc1.1
• libstdc++6
• libzhuyin13
• dconf-gsettings-backend
• python3

References

• ibus-libzhuyin website

Summary

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