kakasi software package provides KAnji KAna Simple Inverter, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install kakasi
kakasi is installed in your system.
Make ensure the kakasi package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep kakasi *
You will get with kakasi package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Text Processing |
| Package | kakasi |
| Version | 2.3.5~pre1+cvs20071101-1 |
| Description | KAnji KAna Simple Inverter |
| Sub Section | Text |