How To Install uim-viqr on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is uim-viqr

uim-viqr 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 provides uim support for VIQR (Vietnamese Quoted-Readable) input. VIQR is a mnemonic encoding of Vietnamese characters into US ASCII for use on 7-bit systems - see RFC1456.

There are three methods to install uim-viqr 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-viqr 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-viqr using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install uim-viqr

Install uim-viqr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install uim-viqr

Install uim-viqr 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-viqr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install uim-viqr

How To Uninstall uim-viqr on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove uim-viqr

Uninstall uim-viqr And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove uim-viqr

Remove uim-viqr Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge uim-viqr

Remove uim-viqr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uim-viqr

Dependencies

uim-viqr have the following dependencies:

• uim-data

References

• uim-viqr website

Summary

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