How to Install and Uninstall fcitx Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "fcitx" package

This is a short guide on how to install fcitx on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fcitx
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fcitx" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall fcitx on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fcitx
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fcitx package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: fcitx
Architecture: all
Version: 1:4.2.9.8-3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Input Method Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 39
Depends: fcitx-bin, fcitx-data, fcitx-modules
Recommends: fcitx-config-gtk | kde-config-fcitx, fcitx-frontend-all | fcitx-frontend-fbterm, fcitx-ui-classic | fcitx-ui-light, im-config (>= 0.5)
Suggests: fcitx-m17n, fcitx-tools
Filename: pool/universe/f/fcitx/fcitx_4.2.9.8-3_all.deb
Size: 5728
MD5sum: d6269511fc432ec3277b5d4060f10ee8
SHA1: a90114759544b4cc6cfd1b03fa80b36afa4d4dc9
SHA256: cfccbb9d2f35d5f936befd4574e978acdd21c6c4fd59bd7fa3b293bc55acb18d
SHA512: de1c1e0862e4f69166aa8e11423d6161afee310eaa57826c65952b29b9f608cd06a432370970ae6b808cfe0ecf871f6eee7029bc8f0d7667cd0c5a4a0e1c470f
Homepage: https://github.com/fcitx/fcitx
Description-en: Flexible Input Method Framework
Fcitx is an input method framework with extension support, which provides
an interface for entering characters of different scripts in applications
using a variety of mapping systems.
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It offers a pleasant and modern experience, with intuitive graphical
configuration tools and customizable skins and mapping tables. It is
highly modularized and extensible, with GTK+ 2/3 and Qt5 IM Modules, support
for UIs based on Fbterm, pure Xlib, GTK+, or KDE, and a developer-friendly
API.
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This metapackage pulls in a set of components recommended for most desktop
users.
Description-md5: eb148ca7ce16b2d84d02264d801fd140
Task: kubuntu-live, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-dvd-live, ubuntukylin-desktop