How To Install mecab-jumandic-utf8 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mecab-jumandic-utf8 on Kali Linux.

What is mecab-jumandic-utf8

mecab-jumandic-utf8 is:

This package provides Juman dictionary converted for Mecab, that is a Japanese morphological analysis system. This dictionary is written in Masuoka-Takubo grammar system.

There are three methods to install mecab-jumandic-utf8 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 mecab-jumandic-utf8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mecab-jumandic-utf8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mecab-jumandic-utf8

Install mecab-jumandic-utf8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mecab-jumandic-utf8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mecab-jumandic-utf8

Install mecab-jumandic-utf8 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 mecab-jumandic-utf8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mecab-jumandic-utf8

How To Uninstall mecab-jumandic-utf8 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mecab-jumandic-utf8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mecab-jumandic-utf8

Uninstall mecab-jumandic-utf8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mecab-jumandic-utf8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mecab-jumandic-utf8

Remove mecab-jumandic-utf8 Configurations and Data

To remove mecab-jumandic-utf8 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mecab-jumandic-utf8

Remove mecab-jumandic-utf8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mecab-jumandic-utf8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mecab-jumandic-utf8

Dependencies

mecab-jumandic-utf8 have the following dependencies:

• mecab-utils

References

• mecab-jumandic-utf8 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mecab-jumandic-utf8 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.