How To Install scim-m17n on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-m17n in Fedora 36. scim-m17n is SCIM IMEngine for m17n-lib

Introduction

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

What is `scim-m17n`

scim-m17n provides a SCIM IMEngine for m17n-lib, which allows input of many languages using the input table maps from m17n-db.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install scim-m17n

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

sudo yum -y install scim-m17n

How To Uninstall scim-m17n on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove scim-m17n

scim-m17n Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/060bf89de19b196a28610a52579646d8eb3d75
/usr/lib64/scim-1.0/1.4.0/IMEngine/m17n.so
/usr/share/doc/scim-m17n
/usr/share/doc/scim-m17n/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/scim-m17n/README
/usr/share/doc/scim-m17n/THANKS
/usr/share/licenses/scim-m17n
/usr/share/licenses/scim-m17n/COPYING
/usr/share/scim/icons/scim-m17n.png

References

scim-m17n website

Summary

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