How To Install fcitx on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx on Fedora 34.
What is fcitx
Fcitx is an input method framework with extension support. Currently it supports Linux and Unix systems like FreeBSD. Fcitx tries to provide a native feeling under all desktop as well as a light weight core. You can easily customize it to fit your requirements.
We can use yum or dnf to install fcitx on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fcitx.
Install fcitx on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install fcitx using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fcitx
Install fcitx on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install fcitx using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fcitx
How To Uninstall fcitx on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the fcitx package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fcitx
fcitx Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/fcitx.conf
/usr/bin/createPYMB
/usr/bin/fcitx
/usr/bin/fcitx-configtool
/usr/bin/fcitx-dbus-watcher
/usr/bin/fcitx-diagnose
/usr/bin/fcitx-remote
/usr/bin/fcitx-skin-installer
/usr/bin/mb2org
/usr/bin/mb2txt
/usr/bin/readPYBase
/usr/bin/readPYMB
/usr/bin/scel2org
/usr/bin/txt2mb
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/eb422999a81cafb03d35fec491625cdc3bca18
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/a115d4e32680f98a6c8e518a0d959b8eff2b92
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/46bc0370f0bcfd97a832e9860d0e85cbcea245
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/49d466126d5f8eef4a857e66a2481ebb176fa2
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/b8dbdc10bca7a34eb47fc8f24bdd0b2fb1dd25
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/8c21d29d17f123115ff7fe0a749e9cc6fcf358
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/4b5ef05332b1a972d2d07b9d829fb2d2b89064
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/ac1728cb0fb01d1990f2c24c6425cf139a47a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/ab9a71e763e0ec73139bdc157fb6abf4187638
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/b6cdb70d13bdd052e6d646ba62c1cbecc9e01d
/usr/share/applications/fcitx-configtool.desktop
/usr/share/applications/fcitx-skin-installer.desktop
/usr/share/applications/fcitx.desktop
/usr/share/doc/fcitx
/usr/share/doc/fcitx/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fcitx/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fcitx/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/fcitx/TODO
/usr/share/fcitx/dbus
/usr/share/fcitx/dbus/daemon.conf
/usr/share/licenses/fcitx
/usr/share/licenses/fcitx/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/createPYMB.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fcitx-remote.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fcitx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mb2org.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mb2txt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/readPYBase.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/readPYMB.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scel2org.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/txt2mb.1.gz
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-fskin.xml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.