How To Install fcitx5-m17n on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-m17n in Fedora 36. fcitx5-m17n is m17n Wrapper for Fcitx5

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-m17n on Fedora 36.

What is `fcitx5-m17n`

M17N is a large collection of input method, which can cover quite a lot languages in the world, including Latin, Arabic, etc.

We can use yum or dnf to install fcitx5-m17n on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fcitx5-m17n.

Install fcitx5-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 fcitx5-m17n using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fcitx5-m17n

Install fcitx5-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 fcitx5-m17n using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fcitx5-m17n

How To Uninstall fcitx5-m17n on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the fcitx5-m17n package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fcitx5-m17n

fcitx5-m17n Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/0bdf2d1549551b838591583bb9242e902e7b47
/usr/lib64/fcitx5/m17n.so
/usr/share/doc/fcitx5-m17n
/usr/share/doc/fcitx5-m17n/README.md
/usr/share/fcitx5/addon/m17n.conf
/usr/share/fcitx5/m17n
/usr/share/fcitx5/m17n/default
/usr/share/licenses/fcitx5-m17n
/usr/share/licenses/fcitx5-m17n/LGPL-2.1-or-later.txt
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx5-m17n.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx5-m17n.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx5-m17n.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx5-m17n.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx5-m17n.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx5-m17n.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx5-m17n.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx5-m17n.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx5-m17n.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx5-m17n.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/org.fcitx.Fcitx5.Addon.M17N.metainfo.xml

References

fcitx5-m17n website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-m17n on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).