How To Install voikko-fi on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install voikko-fi in Fedora 36. voikko-fi is A description of Finnish morphology written for libvoikko

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install voikko-fi on Fedora 36.

What is `voikko-fi`

Voikko-fi is a description of Finnish morphology written for libvoikko. The implementation uses unweighted VFST format and provides format 5 Finnish dictionary for libvoikko 4.0 or later. For Voikko the morphology supports spell checking, hyphenation and grammar checking.

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

Install voikko-fi 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 voikko-fi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install voikko-fi

Install voikko-fi 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 voikko-fi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install voikko-fi

How To Uninstall voikko-fi on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the voikko-fi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove voikko-fi

voikko-fi Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/voikko/5
/usr/lib/voikko/5/mor-standard
/usr/lib/voikko/5/mor-standard/autocorr.vfst
/usr/lib/voikko/5/mor-standard/index.txt
/usr/lib/voikko/5/mor-standard/mor.vfst
/usr/share/doc/voikko-fi
/usr/share/doc/voikko-fi/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/voikko-fi/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/voikko-fi/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/voikko-fi
/usr/share/licenses/voikko-fi/COPYING

References

voikko-fi website

Summary

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