How To Install libmecab-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmecab-java on Kali Linux.

What is libmecab-java

libmecab-java is:

Mecab is a Japanese morphological analysis system.

libmecab-java is built for Java.

There are three methods to install libmecab-java 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 libmecab-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmecab-java

Install libmecab-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmecab-java

Install libmecab-java 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 libmecab-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmecab-java

How To Uninstall libmecab-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmecab-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmecab-java

Uninstall libmecab-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmecab-java

Remove libmecab-java Configurations and Data

To remove libmecab-java configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmecab-java

Remove libmecab-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmecab-java

Dependencies

libmecab-java have the following dependencies:

• libmecab-jni

References

• libmecab-java website

Summary

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