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Install Google Pinyin on Ubuntu Derivatives

Tested Distributions

  • Lubuntu 24.04
  • Ubuntu Studio 24.04

Note: Fcitx 4.x was officially archived in May 2024 and upstream maintenance has stopped. Due to design limitations, fcitx4 cannot run under Wayland. Migration to fcitx5 is recommended, using fcitx5-chinese-addons instead of fcitx-googlepinyin.

Explanation: Although fcitx5 is the recommended next-generation input method framework, there are still many tutorials based on fcitx 4.x on the internet. This tutorial has been manually verified and tested on the Ubuntu derivatives listed above and works normally. It still has reference value for users who need to refer to fcitx 4.x configuration.

Installation Steps

  1. Install Fcitx and Google Pinyin

    sudo apt install fcitx fcitx-googlepinyin

  2. Logout

  3. Login

  4. Open Fcitx Configuration

    • Click +
    • Uncheck Only Show Current Language
    • Search for Google Pinyin (case-insensitive)
    • Select it and click OK

  5. Use Ctrl + Space to toggle between English and Chinese input

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