How To Install xneur on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is xneur

xneur is:

When users work in multilingual environment (e.g. Russian+English), they sometimes type in text with wrong keyboard layout. In auto mode XNeur can automatically detect language of word user typed, switch keyboard layout and convert word from one keyboard layout into another. In manual mode user has ability to convert last typed word or some selected text with hot-keys. The main idea of this utility is similar to Punto Switcher for MS Windows. For now XNeur support English, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, French, Romanian, German, Kazakh and many other languages.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xneur

Install xneur Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xneur

Install xneur 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 xneur using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xneur

How To Uninstall xneur on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xneur

Uninstall xneur And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xneur

Remove xneur Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xneur

Remove xneur configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xneur

Dependencies

xneur have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6
• libxneur
• libxneur

References

• xneur website

Summary

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