How To Install uim-fep-tick on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install uim-fep

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install uim-fep

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is uim-fep-tick and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install uim-fep-tick on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install uim-fep-tick on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install uim-fep-tick using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install uim-fep

Install uim-fep-tick on CentOS 8 using yum

Because uim-fep-tick is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install uim-fep-tick package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install uim-fep

How to upgrade (update) a single package uim-fep-tick using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like uim-fep-tick in this example you should use the following command:

yum update uim-fep

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade uim-fep

How to Upgrade uim-fep-tick on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update uim-fep

How To remove uim-fep-tick from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the uim-fep-tick package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove uim-fep

Extra info and code examples

Uim is an input method module library which supports various scripts and can act as a front end for a range of input methods, including Anthy, Canna, PRIME, or SKK (for Japanese), Pinyin (for Chinese), Byeoru (for Korean), and M17n (for many other languages). Most of its functions are implemented in Scheme, so it's very simple and flexible. This package is a dummy convenience package designed to install the basic uim infrastructure. It does not depend on any plugin packages, because uim is not limited to one input method. Packages are available for various input methods, including the following: * Japanese - uim-anthy: Anthy plugin for uim; - uim-canna: Canna plugin for uim; - uim-skk: SKK plugin for uim. * Chinese - uim-pinyin: Pinyin input support for uim. * Korean - uim-byeoru: Byeoru input support for uim. * Multilingual input method - uim-m17n: M17n plugin for uim.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install uim-fep-tick using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the uim-fep-tick from CentOS 8.

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