How To Install fcitx-ui-light on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-ui-light on Kali Linux. fcitx-ui-light is light weight xlibs and xft based UI for Fcitx

Introduction

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

What is fcitx-ui-light

fcitx-ui-light is:

fcitx-ui-light is a very light weight UI for Fcitx, using only xlibs and xft. It is directly inherited from the UI code base of Fcitx 3.x series.

This UI is intended to work on all X11 environment with minimal dependencies, so it can scale to more situations where none of Cairo, Pango or QT is available.

There are three methods to install fcitx-ui-light 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-ui-light 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-ui-light using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fcitx-ui-light

Install fcitx-ui-light Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fcitx-ui-light

Install fcitx-ui-light 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-ui-light using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fcitx-ui-light

How To Uninstall fcitx-ui-light on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fcitx-ui-light

Uninstall fcitx-ui-light And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx-ui-light

Remove fcitx-ui-light Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx-ui-light

Remove fcitx-ui-light configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx-ui-light

Dependencies

fcitx-ui-light have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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