How To Install fcitx-libpinyin on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-libpinyin on Kali Linux. fcitx-libpinyin is Fcitx wrapper for libpinyin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-libpinyin on Kali Linux.

What is fcitx-libpinyin

fcitx-libpinyin is:

fcitx-libpinyin is a wrapper of libpinyin for Fcitx.

libpinyin is a set of core algorithms designed for intelligent sentence-based Chinese PinYin input methods.

There are three methods to install fcitx-libpinyin 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 fcitx-libpinyin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-libpinyin

Install fcitx-libpinyin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fcitx-libpinyin

Install fcitx-libpinyin 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 fcitx-libpinyin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-libpinyin

How To Uninstall fcitx-libpinyin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fcitx-libpinyin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fcitx-libpinyin

Uninstall fcitx-libpinyin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx-libpinyin

Remove fcitx-libpinyin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-libpinyin

Remove fcitx-libpinyin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx-libpinyin

Dependencies

fcitx-libpinyin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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