How To Install kakasi-dic on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kakasi-dic on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kakasi-dic
kakasi-dic is:
This package provides KAKASI dictionary files. You have to install this package if you use KAKASI.
KAKASI is the language processing filter to convert Kanji characters to Hiragana, Katakana or Romaji(1) and may be helpful to read Japanese documents.
(1) “Romaji” is alphabetical description of Japanese pronunciation.
There are three methods to install kakasi-dic on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kakasi-dic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kakasi-dic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kakasi-dic
Install kakasi-dic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kakasi-dic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kakasi-dic
Install kakasi-dic Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install kakasi-dic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kakasi-dic
How To Uninstall kakasi-dic on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kakasi-dic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kakasi-dic
Uninstall kakasi-dic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kakasi-dic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kakasi-dic
Remove kakasi-dic Configurations and Data
To remove kakasi-dic configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kakasi-dic
Remove kakasi-dic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kakasi-dic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kakasi-dic
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kakasi-dic package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
