How To Install kanjidraw on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kanjidraw on Debian 12.
What is kanjidraw
kanjidraw is:
kanjidraw is a simple Python library + GUI for matching (the strokes of a) handwritten kanji against its database.
You can use the GUI to draw and subsequently select a kanji from the list of probable matches, which will then be copied to the clipboard.
The database is based on KanjiVG and the algorithms are based on the Kanji draw Android app.
This package provides the GUI.
There are three methods to install kanjidraw on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kanjidraw Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kanjidraw using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kanjidraw
Install kanjidraw Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kanjidraw using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kanjidraw
Install kanjidraw 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install kanjidraw using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kanjidraw
How To Uninstall kanjidraw on Debian 12
To uninstall only the kanjidraw package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kanjidraw
Uninstall kanjidraw And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kanjidraw and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kanjidraw
Remove kanjidraw Configurations and Data
To remove kanjidraw configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kanjidraw
Remove kanjidraw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kanjidraw configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kanjidraw
Dependencies
kanjidraw have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kanjidraw package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
