How To Install scim-canna on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-canna on Kali Linux.
What is scim-canna
scim-canna is:
Smart Common Input Method platform (SCIM) is an input method server and a development platform to make Input Method developers’ lives easier. Canna is a Japanese input system available in Free Software. Canna provides a unified user interface for inputting Japanese. Canna converts kana to kanji based on a client-server model and supports automatic kana-to-kanji conversion.
There are three methods to install scim-canna 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 scim-canna Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install scim-canna using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scim-cannaInstall scim-canna Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install scim-canna using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scim-cannaInstall scim-canna 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 scim-canna using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scim-cannaHow To Uninstall scim-canna on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the scim-canna package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scim-cannaUninstall scim-canna And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scim-canna and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scim-cannaRemove scim-canna Configurations and Data
To remove scim-canna configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scim-cannaRemove scim-canna configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scim-canna configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scim-cannaDependencies
scim-canna have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-canna package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.