How To Install scim-pinyin on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install scim-pinyin in Fedora 36. scim-pinyin is Smart Pinyin IMEngine for Smart Common Input Method platform

Introduction

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

What is scim-pinyin

Simplified Chinese Smart Pinyin IMEngine for SCIM.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install scim-pinyin

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

sudo yum -y install scim-pinyin

How To Uninstall scim-pinyin on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove scim-pinyin

scim-pinyin Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/3cc709885c01152cf587fb72a02823522d9cd7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/c47dc875e9481b038a4d8227478351df9d4e4c
/usr/lib64/scim-1.0/1.4.0/IMEngine/pinyin.so
/usr/lib64/scim-1.0/1.4.0/SetupUI/pinyin-imengine-setup.so
/usr/share/doc/scim-pinyin
/usr/share/doc/scim-pinyin/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/scim-pinyin/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/scim-pinyin/README
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/scim-pinyin.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/scim-pinyin.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/scim-pinyin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/scim-pinyin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/scim-pinyin.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/scim-pinyin.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/scim-pinyin.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/scim-pinyin.mo
/usr/share/scim/icons/smart-pinyin.png
/usr/share/scim/pinyin
/usr/share/scim/pinyin/phrase_lib
/usr/share/scim/pinyin/pinyin_phrase_index
/usr/share/scim/pinyin/pinyin_phrase_lib
/usr/share/scim/pinyin/pinyin_table
/usr/share/scim/pinyin/special_table

References

Summary

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