How To Install imsettings-xim on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install imsettings-xim on Rocky Linux 8. imsettings-xim is XIM support on imsettings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install imsettings-xim on Rocky Linux 8.

What is imsettings-xim

IMSettings is a framework that delivers Input Method settings and applies the changes so they take effect immediately without any need to restart applications or the desktop. This package contains a module to get this working with XIM.

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

Install imsettings-xim 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 imsettings-xim using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install imsettings-xim

Install imsettings-xim 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 imsettings-xim using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install imsettings-xim

How To Uninstall imsettings-xim on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the imsettings-xim package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove imsettings-xim

imsettings-xim Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/imsettings-xim
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/357207d10ffe734982fb32b7edbbbd92512c14
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/3a8d0f19f2c08f6f342e92433a8b5885482436
/usr/lib64/imsettings/libimsettings-xim.so
/usr/share/doc/imsettings-xim
/usr/share/doc/imsettings-xim/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/imsettings-xim/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/imsettings-xim/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/imsettings-xim/README
/usr/share/licenses/imsettings-xim
/usr/share/licenses/imsettings-xim/COPYING

References

Summary

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