How To Install pinyin-database on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pinyin-database on Kali Linux.

What is pinyin-database

pinyin-database is:

This package provide pinyin-database-.tar.bz2 which is required when compile ibus-pinyin.

There are three methods to install pinyin-database 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 pinyin-database Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pinyin-database

Install pinyin-database Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pinyin-database

Install pinyin-database 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 pinyin-database using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pinyin-database

How To Uninstall pinyin-database on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pinyin-database package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pinyin-database

Uninstall pinyin-database And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pinyin-database

Remove pinyin-database Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pinyin-database

Remove pinyin-database configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pinyin-database

Dependencies

pinyin-database have the following dependencies:

• dpkg

References

• pinyin-database website

Summary

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