How To Install librime-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librime-dev on Kali Linux.
What is librime-dev
librime-dev is:
RIME is the acronym of Rime Input Method Engine.
RIME is a lightweight, extensible input method engine supporting various input schematas including glyph-based input methods, romanization-based input methods as well as those for Chinese dialects. It has the ability to compose phrases and sentences intelligently and provide very accurate traditional Chinese output. RIME’s cross-platform core library is written in C++, and can work consistently on different platforms with OS-specific wrappers.
This package provides the development files of RIME.
There are three methods to install librime-dev 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 librime-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librime-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librime-devInstall librime-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librime-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librime-devInstall librime-dev 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librime-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librime-devHow To Uninstall librime-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the librime-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librime-devUninstall librime-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librime-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librime-devRemove librime-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librime-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librime-devRemove librime-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librime-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librime-devDependencies
librime-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librime-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.