“Input Method”

Three pieces: librime — the engine. Written in C++, library form. On Debian 13 / Ubuntu 26.04 it ships as librime1t64 plus the librime-data metapackage (which drops a stock default.yaml with schema_list: [luna_pinyin, cangjie5] at /usr/share/rime-data/default.yaml). That’s all you need for the engine itself. fcitx5-rime — the binding into the fcitx5 IM framework. Pulls librime... » read more

Most blogs will tell you to apt install fcitx5-wbpy. Don’t. That package doesn’t exist in 2026. The “Wubi Pinyin” IME is bundled with fcitx5-chinese-addons. This guide tells you what’s actually true. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) is the first release where GNOME has dropped the X11 session entirely — Wayland is the only game in... » read more