How To Install fcitx on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx in Fedora 36. fcitx is An input method framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx on Fedora 36.

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 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fcitx.

Install fcitx on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fcitx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fcitx

Install fcitx on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 36

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

sudo dnf remove fcitx

fcitx Package Contents on Fedora 36

/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/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/adba1feae0652077ab1065d759017db05f3268
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/4534edb025771d583c5c308dd479b8e034bfd5
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/b3a8ff10a45f7129905ddf492b12de7747166f
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/885962b2b806ad9493849a6862ac3dc3bef410
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/068598acc67969bbb158c462d397784e5374d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/674cfca53f012a652ad1db4129c7ad520916d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/0aacf06a83e8c8a763784ce7e03d75ff19a188
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/43863023126b9f354dc978eb3e7334bf2e619f
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/65d4220500086adad7abc868669aedc78d284b
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/ad292735136a94642c78d987d440c2a573f4aa
/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 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).