How To Install uim on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install uim on Kali Linux.

What is uim

uim is:

Uim is an input method module library which supports various scripts and can act as a front end for a range of input methods, including Anthy, Canna, or SKK (for Japanese), Pinyin (for Chinese), Byeoru (for Korean), and M17n (for many other languages). Most of its functions are implemented in Scheme, so it’s very simple and flexible.

This package is a package designed to install the basic uim infrastructure.

There are three methods to install uim 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 uim Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install uim

Install uim Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install uim

Install uim 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 uim using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install uim

How To Uninstall uim on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the uim package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove uim

Uninstall uim And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove uim

Remove uim Configurations and Data

To remove uim configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge uim

Remove uim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uim

Dependencies

uim have the following dependencies:

• dpkg
• uim-data
• libc6
• libuim-scm0

References

• uim website

Summary

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