Removing Fcitx

[fervent rover]

I want to remove Fcitx but it shows this error. Apparently it has dependents.

So, how do we uninstall Fcitx?

FYI I installed it myself

[winged sierra]

Please try sudo apt remove fcitx in a terminal and report what it says.

[fervent rover]

No errors, got removed

Hope this won't break anything

Will it?

[winged sierra]

It is just to support Asian language input. If you do not require that, no need to have it. And you can always reinstall if you should need it.

[fervent rover]

Oh right

Thanks

So what's the next step?

[winged sierra]

Mark your thread as solved? Unless you need anything else regarding this topic.

[fervent rover]

What about these other two packages?

Would removing them break something?
If no, how do I remove them?

[winged sierra]

The names suggest they are only needed for fcitx, which you already removed. I suggest you run apt search fcitx* | grep ^i from a terminal and see if there is anything else matching that filter. If this looks fine to you, you can remove these with sudo apt remove fctix*. The * is a wildcard that basically tells it to look for anything that starts with fcitx.

[fervent rover]

Ooh

Thank you!

Marking as solved

[fervent rover]

At the same time, is it really safe to remove all these packages?

Like, I'm always feeling like I'm about to break something

[winged sierra]

It should be, but there is something you can do to be extra safe. Open Timeshift and configure it, if you have not done that so far. Then set a snapshot that you can return to. If anything goes wrong, you can later roll back to that snapshot.

Timeshift is basically savegames for Linux desktops. Never lose a boss fight again.

[fervent rover]

Thank youuuu!