How to Install and Uninstall kakasi Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "kakasi" package

This guide let you learn how to install kakasi on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                kakasi
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "kakasi" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall kakasi on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                kakasi
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kakasi package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: kakasi
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3.6-4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Natural Language Processing (Japanese)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 226
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), kakasi-dic
Filename: pool/universe/k/kakasi/kakasi_2.3.6-4_amd64.deb
Size: 64852
MD5sum: f12939584ee1b58654bba45125457e10
SHA1: 4b4d03d8505518e949291eaa2932f689cfe591dc
SHA256: b8f92b875e82f1d46dfb5f4630d38bbecc1a5161e8d13eb3651a3627b6dee4b7
SHA512: bc87eda894149f46b6736df8528a906a28fd4be66d0d7c5785fbff855636510ba7a6a3ff40eabaddcb1f71b7dc61ae33b7fccff5ebe8f0b5fffc38c16d694bd9
Homepage: http://kakasi.namazu.org
Description-en: KAnji KAna Simple Inverter
KAKASI is the language processing filter to convert Kanji characters
to Hiragana, Katakana or Romaji(1) and may be helpful to read
Japanese documents.
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The name "KAKASI" is the abbreviation of "kanji kana simple inverter"
and the inverse of SKK "simple kana kanji converter" which is
developed by Masahiko Sato at Tohoku University. The most entries of
the kakasi dictionary is derived form the SKK dictionaries. If you
have some interests in the naming of "KAKASI", please consult to
Japanese-English dictionary. :-)
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(1) "Romaji" is alphabetical description of Japanese pronunciation.
Description-md5: f0f66559397980340862f598b74db91a