How To Install libpinyin on Fedora 34

libpinyin is Library to deal with pinyin Library to deal with pinyin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin on Fedora 34.

What is `libpinyin`

The libpinyin project aims to provide the algorithms core for intelligent sentence-based Chinese pinyin input methods. libpinyin 2.6.0 2.fc34 x86_64 206 k libpinyin-2.6.0-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library to deal with pinyin https GPLv3+ The libpinyin project aims to provide the algorithms core for intelligent sentence-based Chinese pinyin input methods.

We can use yum or dnf to install libpinyin on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpinyin.

Install libpinyin 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 libpinyin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpinyin

Install libpinyin 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 libpinyin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpinyin

How To Uninstall libpinyin on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libpinyin

libpinyin Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/a07a056c470134ef81b1a02f47046f092c8951
/usr/lib/libpinyin
/usr/lib/libpinyin.so.13
/usr/lib/libpinyin.so.13.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libpinyin
/usr/share/doc/libpinyin/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libpinyin/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libpinyin/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/767a9a8cd3f983c8a5160381200bcc78dffac1
/usr/lib64/libpinyin
/usr/lib64/libpinyin.so.13
/usr/lib64/libpinyin.so.13.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libpinyin
/usr/share/doc/libpinyin/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libpinyin/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libpinyin/README

References

[libpinyin website](https://github.com/libpinyin/libpinyin https://github.com/libpinyin/libpinyin)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpinyin on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.