sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fcitx-team/nightly sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install fcitx fcitx fcitx-bin fcitx-config-common fcitx-config-gtk fcitx-data fcitx-frontend-all fcitx-frontend-gtk3:amd64 fcitx-libs:amd64 fcitx-libs-gclient:amd64 fcitx-libs-qt:amd64 fcitx-module-cloudpinyin fcitx-module-dbus fcitx-module-kimpanel fcitx-module-x11 fcitx-modules fcitx-qimpanel-configtool fcitx-ui-classic sogoupinyin im-switch
Fcitx-sogoupinyin is required for many tutorials on the Internet. This does not work. What you need is sogoupinyi.
Prompt: no software package fcitx-sogouppp is found
After installation, press Alt F2, enter im-switch, select ficitx, and OK
It may need to be restarted (I restarted it at the time), and then press Ctrl space (I really cannot understand the shift-based input method, it's so crazy, especially in shell scripts, a lot of $, often mistaken)
Find the penguin and right-click the configuration
Go
Push sogou to the second place, then, right-click the penguin, and select sogou. Now it's done! Success! Notice! Success!
Install sogou on mint17/ubuntu12.04 (14.04)