How To Install fcitx-gtk2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-gtk2 on Rocky Linux 8. fcitx-gtk2 is Fcitx IM module for gtk2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-gtk2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is fcitx-gtk2

This package contains Fcitx IM module for gtk2.

We can use yum or dnf to install fcitx-gtk2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fcitx-gtk2.

Install fcitx-gtk2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fcitx-gtk2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fcitx-gtk2

Install fcitx-gtk2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fcitx-gtk2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fcitx-gtk2

How To Uninstall fcitx-gtk2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the fcitx-gtk2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fcitx-gtk2

fcitx-gtk2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/41966b21e71b17ae14eebe20833ec61d45c563
/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-fcitx.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-gtk2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.