How To Install kakasi on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kakasi on Kali Linux.

What is kakasi

kakasi is:

KAKASI is the language processing filter to convert Kanji characters to Hiragana, Katakana or Romaji(1) and may be helpful to read Japanese documents.

The name “KAKASI” is the abbreviation of “kanji kana simple inverter” and the inverse of SKK “simple kana kanji converter” which is developed by Masahiko Sato at Tohoku University. The most entries of the kakasi dictionary is derived form the SKK dictionaries. If you have some interests in the naming of “KAKASI”, please consult to Japanese-English dictionary. :-)

(1) “Romaji” is alphabetical description of Japanese pronunciation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install kakasi

Install kakasi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kakasi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kakasi

Install kakasi 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 kakasi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kakasi

How To Uninstall kakasi on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kakasi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kakasi

Uninstall kakasi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kakasi

Remove kakasi Configurations and Data

To remove kakasi configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kakasi

Remove kakasi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kakasi

Dependencies

kakasi have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• kakasi-dic

References

• kakasi website

Summary

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