How To Install scim-tables-additional on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-tables-additional on Kali Linux. scim-tables-additional is miscellaneous input method data tables for SCIM platform

Introduction

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

What is scim-tables-additional

scim-tables-additional is:

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

This package contains SCIM input method data tables for non-CJK languages. The currently supported languages are Amharic, Arabic, Nepali, Russian, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, and several Indic languages (Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu). It also provides support for X-SAMPA and LaTeX style input.

Note many table-based input methods provided in this package are very primitive, and probably doesn’t fit native speakers’ need. Users should also look at scim-m17n package (which uses M17N library) and see if it provides better support to the language he/she needs.

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

There are three methods to install scim-tables-additional 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-tables-additional 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-tables-additional using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install scim-tables-additional

Install scim-tables-additional Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install scim-tables-additional

Install scim-tables-additional 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-tables-additional using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install scim-tables-additional

How To Uninstall scim-tables-additional on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove scim-tables-additional

Uninstall scim-tables-additional And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove scim-tables-additional

Remove scim-tables-additional Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge scim-tables-additional

Remove scim-tables-additional configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scim-tables-additional

Dependencies

scim-tables-additional have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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