How To Install ibus-uniemoji on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-uniemoji in Fedora 36. ibus-uniemoji is Input method for entering unicode symbols and emoji by name

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-uniemoji on Fedora 36.

What is `ibus-uniemoji`

This simple input method for ibus allows you to enter unicode emoji and other symbols by name.

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

Install ibus-uniemoji 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 ibus-uniemoji using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ibus-uniemoji

Install ibus-uniemoji 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 ibus-uniemoji using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ibus-uniemoji

How To Uninstall ibus-uniemoji on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the ibus-uniemoji package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ibus-uniemoji

ibus-uniemoji Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/xdg/uniemoji
/etc/xdg/uniemoji/custom.json
/usr/share/doc/ibus-uniemoji
/usr/share/doc/ibus-uniemoji/HISTORY
/usr/share/doc/ibus-uniemoji/README.md
/usr/share/ibus-uniemoji
/usr/share/ibus-uniemoji/UnicodeData.txt
/usr/share/ibus-uniemoji/__pycache__
/usr/share/ibus-uniemoji/__pycache__/config.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/ibus-uniemoji/__pycache__/config.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/ibus-uniemoji/__pycache__/uniemoji.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/ibus-uniemoji/__pycache__/uniemoji.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/ibus-uniemoji/config.py
/usr/share/ibus-uniemoji/emojione.json
/usr/share/ibus-uniemoji/uniemoji.py
/usr/share/ibus-uniemoji/uniemoji.svg
/usr/share/ibus/component/uniemoji.xml
/usr/share/licenses/ibus-uniemoji
/usr/share/licenses/ibus-uniemoji/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/ibus-uniemoji/COPYING.emojione
/usr/share/licenses/ibus-uniemoji/COPYING.unicode

References

ibus-uniemoji website

Summary

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