How To Install fcitx-table on CentOS 8

fcitx-table is Table Engine for Fcitx

Introduction

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

What is fcitx-table

This package contains table engine for Fcitx.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install fcitx-table

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

sudo yum -y install fcitx-table

How To Uninstall fcitx-table on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove fcitx-table

fcitx-table Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/c41afbe042ef6e660f724c5b55f238a42cd281
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-table.so
/usr/share/fcitx/addon/fcitx-table.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/configdesc/table.desc

References

Summary

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