How To Install libkakasi2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkakasi2 on Debian 9.
What is libkakasi2
libkakasi2 is:
This package provides the function of KAKASI as a shared library.
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 libkakasi2 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libkakasi2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libkakasi2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkakasi2
Install libkakasi2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkakasi2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkakasi2
Install libkakasi2 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 libkakasi2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkakasi2
How To Uninstall libkakasi2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libkakasi2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkakasi2
Uninstall libkakasi2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkakasi2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkakasi2
Remove libkakasi2 Configurations and Data
To remove libkakasi2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkakasi2
Remove libkakasi2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkakasi2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkakasi2
Dependencies
libkakasi2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkakasi2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.