How To Install mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp on Kali Linux. mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp is free Japanese Dictionaries for mecab (replacement of mecab-ipadic) in EUC-JP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp on Kali Linux.

What is mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp

mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp is:

NAIST Japanese Dictionary is a Dictionary for MeCab, Japanese morphological analysis implementation.

This is based on mecab-ipadic, however it is released under BSD style license now by NAIST (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan), so it is free and can replace mecab-ipadic.

This package provides EUC-JP data, not UTF-8.

There are three methods to install mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp 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-naist-jdic-eucjp 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-naist-jdic-eucjp using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp

Install mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp

Install mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp 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-naist-jdic-eucjp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp

How To Uninstall mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp

Uninstall mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp

Remove mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp Configurations and Data

To remove mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp

Remove mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp

Dependencies

mecab-naist-jdic-eucjp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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