How To Install skkdic on CentOS 8

skkdic is Dictionaries for SKK (Simple Kana-Kanji conversion program)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install skkdic on CentOS 8.

What is skkdic

This package includes the SKK dictionaries, including the large dictionary SKK-JISYO.L and pubdic+ dictionary.

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

Install skkdic 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 skkdic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install skkdic

Install skkdic 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 skkdic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install skkdic

How To Uninstall skkdic on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the skkdic package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove skkdic

skkdic Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/doc/skkdic
/usr/share/doc/skkdic/ChangeLog.gz
/usr/share/doc/skkdic/README-skkdic.rh.ja
/usr/share/doc/skkdic/README-zipcode.ja
/usr/share/doc/skkdic/committers.txt
/usr/share/doc/skkdic/edict_doc.txt
/usr/share/skk
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.JIS2
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.JIS2004
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.JIS3_4
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.L
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.L.unannotated
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.M
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.ML
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.S
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.assoc
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.china_taiwan.header
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.edict
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.fullname
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.geo
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.hukugougo
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.itaiji
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.itaiji.JIS3_4
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.jinmei
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.law
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.lisp
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.mazegaki
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.noregist
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.not_wrong
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.notes
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.office.zipcode
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.okinawa
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.propernoun
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.pubdic+
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.requested
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.station
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.tmp
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.wrong
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.wrong.annotated
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.zipcode

References

Summary

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