How To Install libkakasi2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkakasi2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libkakasi2-dev is Header files and static libraries for library version of KAKASI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkakasi2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libkakasi2-dev

libkakasi2-dev is:

This package provides header files and static libraries for library version of 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 libkakasi2-dev 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 libkakasi2-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkakasi2-dev

Install libkakasi2-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkakasi2-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkakasi2-dev

Install libkakasi2-dev 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 libkakasi2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkakasi2-dev

How To Uninstall libkakasi2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libkakasi2-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkakasi2-dev

Uninstall libkakasi2-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkakasi2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkakasi2-dev

Remove libkakasi2-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libkakasi2-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkakasi2-dev

Remove libkakasi2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkakasi2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkakasi2-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkakasi2-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.