How To Install fcitx-table-cantonese on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-table-cantonese on Kali Linux.
What is fcitx-table-cantonese
fcitx-table-cantonese is:
Fcitx is a input method framework with extension support, which provides an interface for entering characters of different scripts in applications using a variety of mapping systems.
It offers a pleasant and modern experience, with intuitive graphical configuration tools and customizable skins and mapping tables. It is highly modularized and extensible, with GTK+ 2/3 and Qt4 IM Modules, support for UIs based on Fbterm, pure Xlib, GTK+, or KDE, and a developer-friendly API.
This package provides Cantonese table used by the Fcitx table engine.
There are three methods to install fcitx-table-cantonese 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-table-cantonese Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fcitx-table-cantonese using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-table-cantoneseInstall fcitx-table-cantonese Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fcitx-table-cantonese using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx-table-cantoneseInstall fcitx-table-cantonese 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fcitx-table-cantonese using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-table-cantoneseHow To Uninstall fcitx-table-cantonese on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fcitx-table-cantonese package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx-table-cantoneseUninstall fcitx-table-cantonese And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx-table-cantonese and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx-table-cantoneseRemove fcitx-table-cantonese Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx-table-cantonese configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-table-cantoneseRemove fcitx-table-cantonese configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx-table-cantonese configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx-table-cantoneseDependencies
fcitx-table-cantonese have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-table-cantonese package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
