How to install fcitx?

[stuff79]

I can't find fcitx in EasyOS Kirkstone version 5.3.
To install it, there are two choices: (1) compile it or (2) copied from other distro

Choice #1 is too difficult to me. Choice #2 is kind of luck. No gurantee to be able to find one that could work here. ( Which distro's binaries are closest to the v5.3 ? )

Any advices appreciated.

[Caramel]

fcitx exists as flatpak (https://flathub.org/fr/apps/org.fcitx.Fcitx5)

With the button customize in Flapi (see https://bkhome.org/news/202305/user-cus ... flapi.html) i have created the file fctix in /usr/local/flatpak/custom

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cCATEGORY='office'
cURL='https://fcitx-im.org/'
cTRIPLET='org.fcitx.Fcitx5'
cAPPname='fcitx'
cAPPdesc='Input method framework with extension support'

It's quite big to download and install (138 Mb for the application and several "runtimes")

[Flash]

That's enormous. What does it do?

[stuff79]

fcitx exists as flatpak

With the button customize in Flapi (see https://bkhome.org/news/202305/user-cus ... flapi.html) i have created the file fctix in /usr/local/flatpak/custom

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cCATEGORY='office'
cURL='https://fcitx-im.org/'
cTRIPLET='org.fcitx.Fcitx5'
cAPPname='fcitx'
cAPPdesc='Input method framework with extension support'

It's quite big to download and install (138 Mb for the application and several "runtimes")

I know nothing about flatpak, but will try later.
Thanks.

[Caramel]

I've installed the flatpak.

The direct launch of fcitx does nothing (aside from opening processes)

As I don't understand the usage of fcitx , impossible to say if the flatpak works.

NB : I have created the file /etc/profile.local with

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XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx
GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx

as suggested page https://www.fcitx-im.org/wiki/Setup_Fcitx_5, but I'm no further ahead

Edit (from https://www.fcitx-im.org/wiki/Install_Fcitx_5)

To install fcitx from flatpak

# With older flatpk, you will need to specify the repository name too: flatpak install flathub org.fcitx.Fcitx5
flatpak install org.fcitx.Fcitx5
# Install fcitx 5 engines, for example, fcitx5-chinese-addons, or mozc
flatpak install org.fcitx.Fcitx5.Addon.ChineseAddons
flatpak install org.fcitx.Fcitx5.Addon.Mozc

Flatpak can not provide the im module you need on your host, so you would still need to install them natively. If your distribution does not have fcitx 5 package, you may use fcitx 4 im module instead (newer than 4.2.9.7), or even ibus im module.

Flatpak seems to be a dead end.