Ubuntu uses the FCITX frame to install the Chinese Sogou input method

When we install Ubuntu, if the selected installation environment is Chinese then the default installation of Chinese input method, this input is based on the IBUs framework. And IBUs is not a very good frame.

Fcitx[ˈfaɪtɪks] is the Chinese input Toy for X's English abbreviation, the Chinese name is the Penguin Chinese input method, is a GPL to publish the method frame, writes its goal is provides the desktop environment to provide a flexible input scheme.

The process of installing Sogou Chinese input under the terminal is as follows:

1, first uninstall the default installation of the IBUs:

sudo apt-get remove IBUs

2. If you have previously installed FCITX, uninstall it first:

sudo apt-get remove fcitx*

3. Delete Dependent libraries:

sudo apt-get autoremove

4, add the FCITX PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fcitx-team/nightly

PPA means personal Package Archives personal package file
Personal Package Archives (personal package file) is a service provided by the Ubuntu Launchpad website that allows individual users to upload software source code, through

Launchpad is compiled and published as a 2-in package, as a new source for apt/to be downloaded and updated by other users. Every user and team on the launchpad site can

To have one or more ppa.

To refresh the software source:

sudo apt-get update

5, installation Sogou Pinyin

sudo apt-get install Fcitx-sougoupinyin

6, the Sogou pinyin set as the default input method:

sudo im-switch-s fcitx-z default

This has completed the installation of Sogou pinyin, you can use the IM-SWITCH-C command to view the input method, if the Im-switch command is not found, you need to install this command

After the reboot of the system can be found that the input method has become the Sogou input method. Click the keyboard button in the upper-right corner to see some settings for the input method.

Include Shift key for Chinese-English switching