How To Install emacs-mozc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-mozc on Kali Linux. emacs-mozc is Mozc for Emacs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-mozc on Kali Linux.

What is emacs-mozc

emacs-mozc is:

Mozc is a Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) designed for multi-platform such as Chromium OS, Windows, Mac and Linux.

This package provides the elisp files to run mozc with GNU Emacs.

This open-source project originates from Google Japanese Input.

There are three methods to install emacs-mozc 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 emacs-mozc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install emacs-mozc

Install emacs-mozc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install emacs-mozc

Install emacs-mozc 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 emacs-mozc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install emacs-mozc

How To Uninstall emacs-mozc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the emacs-mozc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove emacs-mozc

Uninstall emacs-mozc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs-mozc

Remove emacs-mozc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge emacs-mozc

Remove emacs-mozc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacs-mozc

Dependencies

emacs-mozc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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