How To Install fcitx-table-extra on CentOS 8

fcitx-table-extra is Extra tables for Fcitx

Introduction

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

What is fcitx-table-extra

Fcitx-table-extra provides extra table for Fcitx, including Boshiamy, Zhengma, and Cangjie 3/5. Boshiamy table and its icon are released under their own license.

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

Install fcitx-table-extra 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-table-extra using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fcitx-table-extra

Install fcitx-table-extra 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-table-extra using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fcitx-table-extra

How To Uninstall fcitx-table-extra on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove fcitx-table-extra

fcitx-table-extra Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/doc/fcitx-table-extra
/usr/share/doc/fcitx-table-extra/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fcitx-table-extra/COPYING
/usr/share/fcitx/imicon/array30-big.png
/usr/share/fcitx/imicon/array30.png
/usr/share/fcitx/imicon/boshiamy.png
/usr/share/fcitx/imicon/cantonese.png
/usr/share/fcitx/imicon/cantonhk.png
/usr/share/fcitx/imicon/easy-big.png
/usr/share/fcitx/imicon/jyutping.png
/usr/share/fcitx/imicon/quick-classic.png
/usr/share/fcitx/imicon/quick3.png
/usr/share/fcitx/imicon/quick5.png
/usr/share/fcitx/imicon/scj6.png
/usr/share/fcitx/imicon/stroke5.png
/usr/share/fcitx/imicon/t9.png
/usr/share/fcitx/imicon/wu.png
/usr/share/fcitx/imicon/zhengma.png
/usr/share/fcitx/table/array30-big.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/array30-big.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/array30.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/array30.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/boshiamy.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/boshiamy.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/cangjie-big.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/cangjie-big.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/cangjie3.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/cangjie3.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/cangjie5.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/cangjie5.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/cantonese.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/cantonese.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/cantonhk.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/cantonhk.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/easy-big.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/easy-big.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/jyutping.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/jyutping.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/quick-classic.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/quick-classic.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/quick3.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/quick3.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/quick5.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/quick5.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/scj6.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/scj6.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/stroke5.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/stroke5.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/t9.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/t9.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/wu.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/wu.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/wubi-large.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/wubi-large.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/zhengma-large.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/zhengma-large.mb
/usr/share/fcitx/table/zhengma.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/table/zhengma.mb
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/fcitx-cantonese.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/fcitx-cantonhk.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/fcitx-jyutping.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/fcitx-quick-classic.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/fcitx-quick3.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/fcitx-quick5.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/fcitx-scj6.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/fcitx-stroke5.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/fcitx-wu.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/fcitx-array30-big.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/fcitx-array30.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/fcitx-boshiamy.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/fcitx-easy-big.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/fcitx-t9.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/fcitx-zhengma.png
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-table-extra.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-table-extra.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-table-extra.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-table-extra.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-table-extra.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-table-extra.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-table-extra.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-table-extra.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-table-extra.mo

References

Summary

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