How To Install fcitx on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx on Rocky Linux 8. fcitx is An input method framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx on Rocky Linux 8.

What is fcitx

Fcitx is an input method framework with extension support. Currently it supports Linux and Unix systems like FreeBSD. Fcitx tries to provide a native feeling under all desktop as well as a light weight core. You can easily customize it to fit your requirements.

We can use yum or dnf to install fcitx on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fcitx.

Install fcitx on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fcitx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fcitx

Install fcitx on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fcitx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fcitx

How To Uninstall fcitx on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove fcitx

fcitx Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/fcitx.conf
/usr/bin/createPYMB
/usr/bin/fcitx
/usr/bin/fcitx-configtool
/usr/bin/fcitx-dbus-watcher
/usr/bin/fcitx-diagnose
/usr/bin/fcitx-remote
/usr/bin/fcitx-skin-installer
/usr/bin/mb2org
/usr/bin/mb2txt
/usr/bin/readPYBase
/usr/bin/readPYMB
/usr/bin/scel2org
/usr/bin/txt2mb
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/58eac076c56c775bcb77554bdfa348342e48b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/9bee44a7aebfb1ce7c3bcd7450aa500e4bd69a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/29c15e2b182a61bd4fd147efaa82ead6976d2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/7e4c4a64698398d2c111f9a04d9a36a99ff3ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/841b6b6137f37139cce75cdbe3280f80afb988
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/f409c4daa71a32872fa0025621027ac3530f9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/461cba975ff085dc3afc917ecff22068953fd3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/bc4f8de9a74898522c4fab242b747c54eeb015
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/e89cb3361798b1ec1f4051badb69150f75657f
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/ae441003a099eb4a83b93bbd4b407cdc8e96fa
/usr/share/applications/fcitx-configtool.desktop
/usr/share/applications/fcitx-skin-installer.desktop
/usr/share/applications/fcitx.desktop
/usr/share/doc/fcitx
/usr/share/doc/fcitx/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fcitx/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fcitx/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/fcitx/TODO
/usr/share/fcitx/dbus
/usr/share/fcitx/dbus/daemon.conf
/usr/share/licenses/fcitx
/usr/share/licenses/fcitx/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/createPYMB.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fcitx-remote.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fcitx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mb2org.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mb2txt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/readPYBase.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/readPYMB.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scel2org.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/txt2mb.1.gz
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-fskin.xml

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.