How To Install anthy on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install anthy on Kali Linux.

What is anthy

anthy is:

Anthy is kana-kanji conversion engine for Japanese. It converts
hiragana text to mixed kana and kanji. It is implemented as a library
and stores private information in ~/.anthy/.

There are three methods to install anthy 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 anthy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install anthy

Install anthy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install anthy using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install anthy

Install anthy 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 anthy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install anthy

How To Uninstall anthy on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the anthy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove anthy

Uninstall anthy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove anthy

Remove anthy Configurations and Data

To remove anthy configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge anthy

Remove anthy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge anthy

Dependencies

anthy have the following dependencies:

• anthy-common
• libanthy1

References

• anthy website

Summary

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