How To Install libwaei2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwaei2 on Kali Linux.

What is libwaei2

libwaei2 is:

gWaei is an easy to use and yet powerful full-featured dictionary program for Japanese to English translation. It organizes results by relevance, supports regex searches, tabs, spell checking, kanji handwriting recognition and an accompanying console version for searches through the terminal.

This package contains the shared library libwaei.

There are three methods to install libwaei2 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 libwaei2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwaei2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwaei2

Install libwaei2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwaei2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwaei2

Install libwaei2 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 libwaei2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwaei2

How To Uninstall libwaei2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libwaei2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwaei2

Uninstall libwaei2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwaei2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwaei2

Remove libwaei2 Configurations and Data

To remove libwaei2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwaei2

Remove libwaei2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwaei2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwaei2

Dependencies

libwaei2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcurl3-gnutls
• libglib2.0-0
• libmecab2
• zlib1g

References

• libwaei2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwaei2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.