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Install Fcitx IM on ArchLinux and i3wm


After installation of i3wm complete, it's time for install Chinese input method for ArchLinux.

$ sudo pacman -S fcitx fcitx-im fcitx-ui-light fcitx-libpinyin fcitx-sunpinyin
$ sudo pacman -S ttf-dejavu adobe-source-han-sans-otc-fonts
$ cat .xinitrc
...
export GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
export QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
export XMODIFIERS="@im=fcitx"
...
$ sudo reboot

To verify, run fcitx in terminal, check if there is any warns or errors. Then run fcitx-configtool. If there isn't input methods under "Input Method" tab, run sudo pacman -S fcitx-cloudpinyin fcitx-sunpinyin fcitx-googlepinyin fcitx-libpinyin.

Ref: Fcitx on Arch Wiki.



Published

Oct 15, 2014

Last Updated

Oct 15, 2014

Category

Tech

Tags

  • archlinux 20
  • fcitx 3
  • i3wm 6

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