How To Install fcitx on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx on CentOS 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 CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fcitx.
Install fcitx on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install fcitx using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fcitx
Install fcitx on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
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 CentOS 8
To uninstall only the fcitx package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fcitx
fcitx Package Contents on CentOS 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.