How To Install fcitx-gtk2 on CentOS 8

fcitx-gtk2 is Fcitx IM module for gtk2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-gtk2 on CentOS 8.

What is fcitx-gtk2

This package contains Fcitx IM module for gtk2.

We can use yum or dnf to install fcitx-gtk2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fcitx-gtk2.

Install fcitx-gtk2 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-gtk2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fcitx-gtk2

Install fcitx-gtk2 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-gtk2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fcitx-gtk2

How To Uninstall fcitx-gtk2 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the fcitx-gtk2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fcitx-gtk2

fcitx-gtk2 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/41966b21e71b17ae14eebe20833ec61d45c563
/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-fcitx.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-gtk2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.