How To Install libmecab2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmecab2 on Kali Linux.

What is libmecab2

libmecab2 is:

This package provides runtime libraries of Mecab, that is a Japanese morphological analysis system.

There are three methods to install libmecab2 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 libmecab2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmecab2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmecab2

Install libmecab2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmecab2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmecab2

Install libmecab2 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 libmecab2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmecab2

How To Uninstall libmecab2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmecab2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmecab2

Uninstall libmecab2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmecab2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmecab2

Remove libmecab2 Configurations and Data

To remove libmecab2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmecab2

Remove libmecab2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmecab2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmecab2

Dependencies

libmecab2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• libmecab2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmecab2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.