How To Install fcitx-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8. fcitx-qt5 is Fcitx IM module for Qt5

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `fcitx-qt5`

This package provides Fcitx Qt5 input context.

We can use yum or dnf to install fcitx-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fcitx-qt5.

Install fcitx-qt5 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-qt5 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fcitx-qt5

Install fcitx-qt5 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-qt5 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fcitx-qt5

How To Uninstall fcitx-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the fcitx-qt5 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fcitx-qt5

fcitx-qt5 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/6c3a7c5034dca4347f855e68d302e9bf93468c
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/49d25cf0ce0d990b979701267232a94706a0bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/ee3d05a191bfbf28047209dc7e908db1163e07
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/de8d56f82487bf773640c77b9bc01123e0358e
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/2493331b43b45d27d6c349c41d193f446a8d35
/usr/lib64/fcitx/libexec/fcitx-qt5-gui-wrapper
/usr/lib64/fcitx/qt
/usr/lib64/fcitx/qt/libfcitx-quickphrase-editor5.so
/usr/lib64/libFcitxQt5DBusAddons.so.1
/usr/lib64/libFcitxQt5DBusAddons.so.1.0
/usr/lib64/libFcitxQt5WidgetsAddons.so.1
/usr/lib64/libFcitxQt5WidgetsAddons.so.1.0
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/platforminputcontexts/libfcitxplatforminputcontextplugin.so
/usr/share/doc/fcitx-qt5
/usr/share/doc/fcitx-qt5/README
/usr/share/licenses/fcitx-qt5
/usr/share/licenses/fcitx-qt5/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/fcitx-qt5/COPYING.BSD
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-qt5.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-qt5.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-qt5.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-qt5.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-qt5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-qt5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-qt5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-qt5.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-qt5.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/fcitx-qt5.mo

References

fcitx-qt5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.