# Installing Chinese input method on RL 9.4 and the Mate desktop **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Tags:** rocky-linux-9\ **Created:** [July 8, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/installing-chinese-input-method-on-rl-9-4-and-the-mate-desktop/14969 "2024-07-08T16:37:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ue72bs9p](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9de053/32.png) [@ue72bs9p](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/ue72bs9p)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/installing-chinese-input-method-on-rl-9-4-and-the-mate-desktop/14969/1 "2024-07-08T16:37:39Z")
I used the fcitx input method on CentOS 7 but it seems fcitx is not available for RL 9. What do people use for Chinese, or CJK, character input on RL 9.4 in the Mate environment? I can choose Chinese keyboard layout in the keyboard configuration but that does not offer an input method, eg. pinyin. ---
**Author:** ![toracat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/toracat/32/68_2.png) [@toracat](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/toracat)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/installing-chinese-input-method-on-rl-9-4-and-the-mate-desktop/14969/2 "2024-07-09T00:42:36Z")
You might want to try: `$ sudo dnf install @input-methods` ---
**Author:** ![ue72bs9p](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9de053/32.png) [@ue72bs9p](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/ue72bs9p)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/installing-chinese-input-method-on-rl-9-4-and-the-mate-desktop/14969/3 "2024-07-09T00:53:22Z")
Thank you! Just installed it, now I have to figure out how to enable traditional and simplified Chinese character input using pinyin. Would you perhaps know of a page with information? ---
**Author:** ![toracat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/toracat/32/68_2.png) [@toracat](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/toracat)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/installing-chinese-input-method-on-rl-9-4-and-the-mate-desktop/14969/4 "2024-07-09T01:05:59Z")
Sorry, I cannot be of much help. ---
**Author:** ![ue72bs9p](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9de053/32.png) [@ue72bs9p](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/ue72bs9p)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/installing-chinese-input-method-on-rl-9-4-and-the-mate-desktop/14969/5 "2024-07-09T01:08:20Z")
OK, I will google tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![scottro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@scottro](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/scottro)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/installing-chinese-input-method-on-rl-9-4-and-the-mate-desktop/14969/6 "2024-07-09T11:01:39Z")
I have only done Japanese, not Chinese, but as you said, fcitx (or fcitx5) doesn’t seem to be available for Rocky 9. I use ibus. If you use Gnome, it’s pretty simple, if you dare upset RH by using something else, it’s a bit more work. I have a page on Japanese input that is probably useful for Chinese input as well, including a section on RHEL9 and friends, at [https://srobb.net/jpninpt.html#CentOS8](https://srobb.net/jpninpt.html#CentOS8) which goes through it. I hope it is helpful for Chinese input as well. ---
**Author:** ![ue72bs9p](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9de053/32.png) [@ue72bs9p](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/ue72bs9p)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/installing-chinese-input-method-on-rl-9-4-and-the-mate-desktop/14969/7 "2024-07-23T00:58:35Z")
I decided I wanted to try to compile fcitx5 from source even though I do not have a lot of experience doing so. I followed the instructions on the fcitx5 page and it took me a while to get as far as to compiling fcitx5-qt but got stuck on compiling the platforminputcontext file. I have not understood how I need to fix it. If anyone has successfully compiled fcitx5, I would love to hear! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/91b7219eec10e30013422e4df76c1d898711a5d5.svg) [@system](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/installing-chinese-input-method-on-rl-9-4-and-the-mate-desktop/14969/8 "2024-09-21T00:59:29Z")
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