How To Install libchewing3 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchewing3 on Kali Linux.

What is libchewing3

libchewing3 is:

libchewing is an intelligent phonetic input method library for Chinese.

It provides the core algorithm and logic so that they can be shared among the various input methods like JMCCE, xcin-chewing, scim-chewing, iiimf-chewing, screen-chewing, ime-chewing, etc.

The Chewing input method is a smart bopomofo fonetics input method that is useful for inputing Mandarin Chinese based language.

This package contains shared library used by other programs.

There are three methods to install libchewing3 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 libchewing3 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libchewing3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libchewing3

Install libchewing3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libchewing3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libchewing3

Install libchewing3 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 libchewing3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libchewing3

How To Uninstall libchewing3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libchewing3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libchewing3

Uninstall libchewing3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libchewing3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libchewing3

Remove libchewing3 Configurations and Data

To remove libchewing3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libchewing3

Remove libchewing3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libchewing3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libchewing3

Dependencies

libchewing3 have the following dependencies:

• libchewing3-data
• libc6
• libsqlite3-0

References

• libchewing3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchewing3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.