Compile from source

In general, fcitx largely use cmake as its build system, and create many of macro with cmake to help build.

Fcitx Dependency

• C compiler (both GCC and Clang are tested)
• C++ compiler (both G++ and CLang++)
• gtk2 (gtk2 input method module)
• gtk3 (gtk2 input method module)
• qt4 (qt4 input method module)
• libxrender (Classic UI)
• cairo (Classic UI)
• pango (Classic UI)
• dbus (all im module, Kimpanel)
• dbus-glib (gtk im module)
• opencc (Better Simp-Trad Chinese Conversion for Chttrans)
• intltool

If you want to browse specific package name for a distro, please check Dependency of Fcitx

Compile Option

All compile option start with -D, following only include option name.

CMake General option

• CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX (Directory to install)
• CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE (Debug, Release, RelWithDbgInfo)

Fcitx option

All ENABLE option is boolean value, can be set with On or Off. For default value, please check CMakeLists.txt.

• ENABLE_GTK2_IM_MODULE
• ENABLE_GTK3_IM_MODULE
• ENABLE_QT_IM_MODULE
• ENABLE_CAIRO
• ENABLE_PANGO
• ENABLE_DBUS
• ENABLE_DEBUG
• ENABLE_TABLE
• ENABLE_OPENCC
• ENABLE_STATIC
• ENABLE_TEST
• ENABLE_SNOOPER
• NO_SNOOPER_APPS (Comma separated regex string)
• LIB_INSTALL_DIR (By default is prefix/lib, useful when want to install under /usr/lib64 or other directory)

General command

All cmake based Fcitx component can be compiled in following way.

   cd /path/to/source
   mkdir build
   cmake .. [CMake options]
   make
   sudo make install

For Other Fcitx component, you'd better use

   cd /path/to/source
   mkdir build
   cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`fcitx4-config --prefix`
   make
   sudo make install

See also

• CMake wiki