How To Install scim-modules-socket on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-modules-socket on Kali Linux.
What is scim-modules-socket
scim-modules-socket is:
SCIM (Smart Common Input Method) is an input method (IM) platform.
This package provides the socket modules for SCIM. SCIM can use a local or inet socket as the front end and connect to the configuration and IM engine modules. Then other computers and/or environments can share these input methods by connecting to the socket with socket IM engine module and socket configure module.
For more information about SCIM, please see the description of scim package.
There are three methods to install scim-modules-socket 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-modules-socket Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install scim-modules-socket using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scim-modules-socketInstall scim-modules-socket Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install scim-modules-socket using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scim-modules-socketInstall scim-modules-socket 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-modules-socket using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scim-modules-socketHow To Uninstall scim-modules-socket on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the scim-modules-socket package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scim-modules-socketUninstall scim-modules-socket And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scim-modules-socket and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scim-modules-socketRemove scim-modules-socket Configurations and Data
To remove scim-modules-socket configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scim-modules-socketRemove scim-modules-socket configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scim-modules-socket configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scim-modules-socketDependencies
scim-modules-socket have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-modules-socket package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
