How to Install and Uninstall kakasi Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "kakasi" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install kakasi on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall kakasi on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: kakasi
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3.6-4.1
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: 229
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), kakasi-dic
Filename: pool/universe/k/kakasi/kakasi_2.3.6-4.1_amd64.deb
Size: 63320
MD5sum: 4554dc48afa430fb9c0ade2dc8482cfd
SHA1: d47e1c0897b4917d4d0e5773f4cc5fb8db02b355
SHA256: 158c908b69d9f40aa4be02b19cae534068809fffd5e57772542c6b7595b6993e
SHA512: 93372dac990302cefd5e0f53758ba895d40d9d94e337d96d76ea2e5d3f71242e69c5aaa21531b047554cfe6fc8d5f094311d6821c50a7a3d9f26a0c9bfcd2661
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