How To Install fcitx-qw on CentOS 8

fcitx-qw is Quwei Engine for Fcitx

Introduction

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

What is fcitx-qw

This package contains Quwei engine for Fcitx.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install fcitx-qw

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

sudo yum -y install fcitx-qw

How To Uninstall fcitx-qw on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove fcitx-qw

fcitx-qw Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/cc4fac01bd56562376f9168f49b19ed0adaaaf
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-qw.so
/usr/share/fcitx/addon/fcitx-qw.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/inputmethod/qw.conf

References

Summary

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