How To Install libpinyin-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin-data on Kali Linux.

What is libpinyin-data

libpinyin-data is:

The libpinyin project aims to provide the algorithms core for intelligent sentence-based Chinese zhuyin input methods. libpinyin can be integrated with input method framework likes ibus, fcitx, etc. to provide a PinYin and zhuyin based input method for Chinese user.

This package contains the data likes zhuyin to word mapping, n-gram information, etc. used by libpinyin algorithm.

There are three methods to install libpinyin-data 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 libpinyin-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpinyin-data

Install libpinyin-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpinyin-data

Install libpinyin-data 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 libpinyin-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpinyin-data

How To Uninstall libpinyin-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpinyin-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpinyin-data

Uninstall libpinyin-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpinyin-data

Remove libpinyin-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpinyin-data

Remove libpinyin-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpinyin-data

Dependencies

libpinyin-data have the following dependencies:

References

• libpinyin-data website

Summary

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