How To Install ibus-zhuyin on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ibus-zhuyin

ibus-zhuyin is:

This traditional Chinese zhuyin input method is designed for old school users.

There is no intelligent phonetic matching mechanism. You have to select which word you want everytime.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ibus-zhuyin

Install ibus-zhuyin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ibus-zhuyin

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

sudo aptitude -y install ibus-zhuyin

How To Uninstall ibus-zhuyin on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ibus-zhuyin

Uninstall ibus-zhuyin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibus-zhuyin

Remove ibus-zhuyin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ibus-zhuyin

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

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

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

Dependencies

ibus-zhuyin have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libibus-1.0-5
• ibus

References

• ibus-zhuyin website

Summary

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