How To Install ibus-m17n on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-m17n on Rocky Linux 8. ibus-m17n is The M17N engine for IBus platform

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-m17n on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ibus-m17n

M17N engine for IBus input platform. It allows input of many languages using the input table maps from m17n-db.

We can use yum or dnf to install ibus-m17n on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ibus-m17n.

Install ibus-m17n 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 ibus-m17n using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ibus-m17n

Install ibus-m17n 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 ibus-m17n using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ibus-m17n

How To Uninstall ibus-m17n on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the ibus-m17n package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ibus-m17n

ibus-m17n Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/553b9892be9c767409ca718beffcf2d2965421
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/beb5a157731e2e29a60fa2d880ebe17f3ba0d7
/usr/libexec/ibus-engine-m17n
/usr/libexec/ibus-setup-m17n
/usr/share/appdata/m17n.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/ibus-setup-m17n.desktop
/usr/share/doc/ibus-m17n
/usr/share/doc/ibus-m17n/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ibus-m17n/README
/usr/share/ibus-m17n
/usr/share/ibus-m17n/default.xml
/usr/share/ibus-m17n/icons
/usr/share/ibus-m17n/icons/ibus-m17n.svg
/usr/share/ibus-m17n/setup
/usr/share/ibus-m17n/setup/ibus-m17n-preferences.ui
/usr/share/ibus/component/m17n.xml
/usr/share/licenses/ibus-m17n
/usr/share/licenses/ibus-m17n/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/ibus-m17n.mo

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-m17n on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.