How To Install fcitx-m17n on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-m17n in Fedora 36. fcitx-m17n is M17n Engine for Fcitx

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-m17n on Fedora 36.

What is fcitx-m17n

Fcitx-m17n is a M17n engine wrapper for Fcitx. It allows input of many languages using the input table maps from m17n-db.

We can use yum or dnf to install fcitx-m17n on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fcitx-m17n.

Install fcitx-m17n 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-m17n using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fcitx-m17n

Install fcitx-m17n 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-m17n using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fcitx-m17n

How To Uninstall fcitx-m17n on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the fcitx-m17n package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fcitx-m17n

fcitx-m17n Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/8b3c373aaf11a1a049b4bf5c592c80860cd8e7
/usr/lib64/fcitx/fcitx-m17n.so
/usr/share/doc/fcitx-m17n
/usr/share/doc/fcitx-m17n/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/fcitx-m17n/README.rst
/usr/share/fcitx/addon/fcitx-m17n.conf
/usr/share/fcitx/configdesc/fcitx-m17n.desc
/usr/share/fcitx/m17n/default
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-m17n.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-m17n.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-m17n.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-m17n.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-m17n.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-m17n.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-m17n.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-m17n.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-m17n.mo

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-m17n on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).