How To Install libchewing on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchewing on CentOS 7. libchewing is Intelligent phonetic input method library for Traditional Chinese

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchewing on CentOS 7.

What is libchewing

libchewing is an intelligent phonetic input method library for Chinese. It provides the core algorithm and logic that can be used by various input methods. The Chewing input method is a smart bopomofo phonetics input method that is useful for inputting Mandarin Chinese. libchewing is an intelligent phonetic input method library for Chinese. It provides the core algorithm and logic that can be used by various input methods. The Chewing input method is a smart bopomofo phonetics input method that is useful for inputting Mandarin Chinese.

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

Install libchewing on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libchewing using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libchewing

Install libchewing 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 libchewing using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libchewing

How To Uninstall libchewing on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libchewing package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libchewing

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Summary

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