How To Install scim-chewing on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-chewing on Kali Linux. scim-chewing is Chewing IM engine module for SCIM

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-chewing on Kali Linux.

What is scim-chewing

scim-chewing is:

SCIM (Smart Common Input Method) is an input method (IM) platform.

This package is the chewing IM engine module for SCIM. With this module, you can use intelligent Chinese input method with HanYu PinYin keyboard and a various of ZhuYin(bopomofo) keyboards.

For details about SCIM, please see the description of package scim.

There are three methods to install scim-chewing 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-chewing Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install scim-chewing

Install scim-chewing Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install scim-chewing

Install scim-chewing 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 scim-chewing using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install scim-chewing

How To Uninstall scim-chewing on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the scim-chewing package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove scim-chewing

Uninstall scim-chewing And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove scim-chewing

Remove scim-chewing Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge scim-chewing

Remove scim-chewing configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scim-chewing

Dependencies

scim-chewing have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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