How To Install libkkc-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkkc-utils on Ubuntu 18.04. libkkc-utils is Japanese Kana Kanji input library - testing utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkkc-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libkkc-utils

libkkc-utils is:

libkkc provides a converter from Japanese Kana-string to Kana-Kanji-mixed-string. It was named after kkc.el in GNU Emacs, a simple Kana Kanji converter, while libkkc tries to convert sentences in a bit more complex way using N-gram language models.

This package provides the testing utility for libkkc.

There are three methods to install libkkc-utils 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 libkkc-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libkkc-utils

Install libkkc-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libkkc-utils

Install libkkc-utils 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 libkkc-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkkc-utils

How To Uninstall libkkc-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libkkc-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkkc-utils

Uninstall libkkc-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkkc-utils

Remove libkkc-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libkkc-utils

Remove libkkc-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkkc-utils

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Summary

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