How To Install fcitx-devel on CentOS 8

fcitx-devel is Development files for Fcitx

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-devel on CentOS 8.

What is `fcitx-devel`

The fcitx-devel package contains libraries and header files necessary for developing programs using Fcitx libraries.

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

Install fcitx-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fcitx-devel

Install fcitx-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fcitx-devel

How To Uninstall fcitx-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove fcitx-devel

fcitx-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/fcitx4-config
/usr/include/fcitx
/usr/include/fcitx-config
/usr/include/fcitx-config/fcitx-config.h
/usr/include/fcitx-config/hotkey.h
/usr/include/fcitx-config/xdg.h
/usr/include/fcitx-gclient
/usr/include/fcitx-gclient/fcitxclient.h
/usr/include/fcitx-gclient/fcitxconnection.h
/usr/include/fcitx-gclient/fcitxinputmethod.h
/usr/include/fcitx-gclient/fcitxkbd.h
/usr/include/fcitx-utils
/usr/include/fcitx-utils/bitset.h
/usr/include/fcitx-utils/desktop-parse.h
/usr/include/fcitx-utils/handler-table.h
/usr/include/fcitx-utils/keysym.h
/usr/include/fcitx-utils/keysymgen.h
/usr/include/fcitx-utils/log.h
/usr/include/fcitx-utils/memory.h
/usr/include/fcitx-utils/objpool.h
/usr/include/fcitx-utils/stringmap.h
/usr/include/fcitx-utils/utarray.h
/usr/include/fcitx-utils/utf8.h
/usr/include/fcitx-utils/uthash.h
/usr/include/fcitx-utils/utils.h
/usr/include/fcitx/addon.h
/usr/include/fcitx/candidate.h
/usr/include/fcitx/configfile.h
/usr/include/fcitx/context.h
/usr/include/fcitx/fcitx.h
/usr/include/fcitx/frontend.h
/usr/include/fcitx/hook.h
/usr/include/fcitx/ime.h
/usr/include/fcitx/instance.h
/usr/include/fcitx/keys.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module
/usr/include/fcitx/module.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/chttrans
/usr/include/fcitx/module/chttrans/chttrans.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/chttrans/fcitx-chttrans.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/classicui
/usr/include/fcitx/module/classicui/classicuiinterface.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/classicui/fcitx-classicui.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/clipboard
/usr/include/fcitx/module/clipboard/clipboard.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/clipboard/fcitx-clipboard.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/dbus
/usr/include/fcitx/module/dbus/dbusstuff.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/dbus/fcitx-dbus.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/freedesktop-notify
/usr/include/fcitx/module/freedesktop-notify/fcitx-freedesktop-notify.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/freedesktop-notify/freedesktop-notify.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/ipc
/usr/include/fcitx/module/ipc/ipc.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/lua
/usr/include/fcitx/module/lua/fcitx-lua.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/lua/luamod.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/notificationitem
/usr/include/fcitx/module/notificationitem/fcitx-notificationitem.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/notificationitem/notificationitem.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/pinyin
/usr/include/fcitx/module/pinyin-enhance
/usr/include/fcitx/module/pinyin-enhance/fcitx-pinyin-enhance.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/pinyin-enhance/pinyin-enhance.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/pinyin/fcitx-pinyin.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/pinyin/pydef.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/punc
/usr/include/fcitx/module/punc/fcitx-punc.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/punc/punc.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/quickphrase
/usr/include/fcitx/module/quickphrase/fcitx-quickphrase.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/quickphrase/quickphrase.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/spell
/usr/include/fcitx/module/spell/fcitx-spell.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/spell/spell.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/x11
/usr/include/fcitx/module/x11/fcitx-x11.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/x11/x11stuff.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/xkb
/usr/include/fcitx/module/xkb/fcitx-xkb.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/xkb/xkb.h
/usr/include/fcitx/module/xkbdbus
/usr/include/fcitx/module/xkbdbus/fcitx-xkbdbus.h
/usr/include/fcitx/profile.h
/usr/include/fcitx/ui.h
/usr/lib64/libfcitx-config.so
/usr/lib64/libfcitx-core.so
/usr/lib64/libfcitx-gclient.so
/usr/lib64/libfcitx-utils.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/fcitx-config.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/fcitx-gclient.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/fcitx-utils.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/fcitx.pc
/usr/share/cmake/fcitx
/usr/share/cmake/fcitx/FcitxConfig.cmake
/usr/share/cmake/fcitx/FcitxConfigVersion.cmake
/usr/share/cmake/fcitx/FcitxMacro.cmake
/usr/share/cmake/fcitx/fcitx-cmake-helper.sh
/usr/share/cmake/fcitx/fcitx-extract-confdesc.sh
/usr/share/cmake/fcitx/fcitx-extract-desktop.sh
/usr/share/cmake/fcitx/fcitx-extract-gettext.sh
/usr/share/cmake/fcitx/fcitx-extract-kde.sh
/usr/share/cmake/fcitx/fcitx-extract-po.sh
/usr/share/cmake/fcitx/fcitx-extract-qt.sh
/usr/share/cmake/fcitx/fcitx-merge-config.sh
/usr/share/cmake/fcitx/fcitx-parse-po.sh
/usr/share/cmake/fcitx/fcitx-write-po.sh
/usr/share/cmake/fcitx/getdescpo
/usr/share/doc/fcitx/API.txt
/usr/share/doc/fcitx/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fcitx/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fcitx/Develop_Readme
/usr/share/doc/fcitx/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/fcitx/TODO
/usr/share/doc/fcitx/cjkvinput.txt
/usr/share/doc/fcitx/pinyin.txt
/usr/share/doc/fcitx/wb_fh.htm
/usr/share/gir-1.0
/usr/share/gir-1.0/Fcitx-1.0.gir
/usr/share/licenses/fcitx-devel
/usr/share/licenses/fcitx-devel/COPYING

References

fcitx-devel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.