How To Install fcitx-libs on CentOS 8

fcitx-libs is Shared libraries for Fcitx

Introduction

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

What is `fcitx-libs`

The fcitx-libs package provides shared libraries for Fcitx

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

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

sudo dnf -y install fcitx-libs

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

sudo yum -y install fcitx-libs

How To Uninstall fcitx-libs on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove fcitx-libs

fcitx-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

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/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/1c8c1f926fb1cabfb983a966fe1e3562c8c44b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/a8686fea5da7bd6ef1b8f07f9b4a28fdbb2323
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/usr/lib64/fcitx
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/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-chttrans.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-classic-ui.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-clipboard.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-dbus.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-freedesktop-notify.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-fullwidth-char.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-imselector.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-ipc.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-ipcportal.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-keyboard.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-kimpanel-ui.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-lua.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-notificationitem.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-punc.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-quickphrase.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-remote-module.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-spell.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-unicode.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-vk.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-x11.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-xim.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-xkb.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-xkbdbus.so
/usr/lib64/fcitx/libexec
/usr/lib64/fcitx/libexec/comp-spell-dict
/usr/lib64/fcitx/libexec/fcitx-po-parser
/usr/lib64/fcitx/libexec/fcitx-scanner
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Fcitx-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libfcitx-config.so.4
/usr/lib64/libfcitx-config.so.4.1
/usr/lib64/libfcitx-core.so.0
/usr/lib64/libfcitx-core.so.0.3
/usr/lib64/libfcitx-gclient.so.0.2
/usr/lib64/libfcitx-gclient.so.1
/usr/lib64/libfcitx-utils.so.0
/usr/lib64/libfcitx-utils.so.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/fcitx-libs
/usr/share/licenses/fcitx-libs/COPYING

References

fcitx-libs website

Summary

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