How To Install fcitx5-chinese-addons-data on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-chinese-addons-data on Kali Linux. fcitx5-chinese-addons-data is Chinese-related addon for fcitx5 (shared data files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-chinese-addons-data on Kali Linux.

What is fcitx5-chinese-addons-data

fcitx5-chinese-addons-data is:

For Chinese fcitx5 users, fcitx5-chinese-addons provides Chinese-specific pinyin and table input method support.

This package provides architecture-independent shared data files used by fcitx5-chinese-addons.

There are three methods to install fcitx5-chinese-addons-data 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 fcitx5-chinese-addons-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-chinese-addons-data using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fcitx5-chinese-addons-data

Install fcitx5-chinese-addons-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-chinese-addons-data using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fcitx5-chinese-addons-data

Install fcitx5-chinese-addons-data 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 fcitx5-chinese-addons-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fcitx5-chinese-addons-data

How To Uninstall fcitx5-chinese-addons-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fcitx5-chinese-addons-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fcitx5-chinese-addons-data

Uninstall fcitx5-chinese-addons-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fcitx5-chinese-addons-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx5-chinese-addons-data

Remove fcitx5-chinese-addons-data Configurations and Data

To remove fcitx5-chinese-addons-data configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx5-chinese-addons-data

Remove fcitx5-chinese-addons-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fcitx5-chinese-addons-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx5-chinese-addons-data

Dependencies

fcitx5-chinese-addons-data have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-chinese-addons-data package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.