How To Install skkdic on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install skkdic on Rocky Linux 8. skkdic is Dictionaries for SKK (Simple Kana-Kanji conversion program)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install skkdic on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `skkdic`

This package includes the SKK dictionaries, including the large dictionary SKK-JISYO.L and pubdic+ dictionary.

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

Install skkdic 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 skkdic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install skkdic

Install skkdic 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 skkdic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install skkdic

How To Uninstall skkdic on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove skkdic

skkdic Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/skkdic
/usr/share/doc/skkdic/ChangeLog.gz
/usr/share/doc/skkdic/README-skkdic.rh.ja
/usr/share/doc/skkdic/README-zipcode.ja
/usr/share/doc/skkdic/committers.txt
/usr/share/doc/skkdic/edict_doc.txt
/usr/share/skk
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.JIS2
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.JIS2004
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.JIS3_4
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.L
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.L.unannotated
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.M
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.ML
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.S
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.assoc
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.china_taiwan.header
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.edict
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.fullname
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.geo
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.hukugougo
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.itaiji
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.itaiji.JIS3_4
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.jinmei
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.law
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.lisp
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.mazegaki
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.noregist
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.not_wrong
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.notes
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.office.zipcode
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.okinawa
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.propernoun
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.pubdic+
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.requested
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.station
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.tmp
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.wrong
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.wrong.annotated
/usr/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.zipcode

References

skkdic website

Summary

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