How To Install fcitx5-chinese-addons on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-chinese-addons on Kali Linux.
What is fcitx5-chinese-addons
fcitx5-chinese-addons is:
For Chinese fcitx5 users, fcitx5-chinese-addons provides Chinese-specific pinyin and table input method support.
This package is a metapackage, which depends on all addons provided by fcitx5-chinese-addons project. Users should consider installing it for best experience of Chinese integration with fcitx5.
There are three methods to install fcitx5-chinese-addons 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 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-chinese-addons using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcitx5-chinese-addonsInstall fcitx5-chinese-addons Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-chinese-addons using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcitx5-chinese-addonsInstall fcitx5-chinese-addons 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 fcitx5-chinese-addons using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcitx5-chinese-addonsHow To Uninstall fcitx5-chinese-addons on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fcitx5-chinese-addons package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcitx5-chinese-addonsUninstall fcitx5-chinese-addons And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcitx5-chinese-addons and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx5-chinese-addonsRemove fcitx5-chinese-addons Configurations and Data
To remove fcitx5-chinese-addons configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx5-chinese-addonsRemove fcitx5-chinese-addons configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcitx5-chinese-addons configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx5-chinese-addonsDependencies
fcitx5-chinese-addons have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-chinese-addons package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
