How To Install fcitx-anthy on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-anthy on CentOS 7. fcitx-anthy is Anthy Engine for Fcitx

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-anthy on CentOS 7.

What is fcitx-anthy

Fcitx-anthy is an Anthy engine wrapper for Fcitx. It provides a Japanese input method. You can input hiragana and katakana by romaji or using a Japanese keyboard. And fcitx-anthy also supports converting hiragana or katakana to kanji.

We can use yum or dnf to install fcitx-anthy on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fcitx-anthy.

Install fcitx-anthy on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install fcitx-anthy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fcitx-anthy

Install fcitx-anthy on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install fcitx-anthy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fcitx-anthy

How To Uninstall fcitx-anthy on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the fcitx-anthy package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fcitx-anthy

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-anthy on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.