> On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 8:03 PM Mad Horse <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Before upgrading to 1:49+8, I used to use fcitx5 (only present input
>> framework, being the default one) along with gnome, but after upgrading to
>> gnome-core 1:49+8, a bare core ibus was installed without any actual input
>> engine, and further more, ibus was chosen as the default input framework
>> under gnome, making me lose access to any installed input engines. (if
>> launching another desktop environment, the default input framework remains
>> fcitx5) I should either start to use ibus instead and install actual input
>> engines for ibus, or manually set fcitx5 as my input framework with
>> im-config.
>>
>> If you need a test case, you can install task-gnome-desktop, remove
>> gnome-core, ibus, and install fcitx5, then install gnome-core and observe
>> the change of launched input framework.
> Please be more precise. Starting from a new install of Debian 13 with
> GNOME, how do I configure Debian to use fcitx5? What exact input
> method and locale configuration do I need and how do I set that up?
>
> Thank you,
> Jeremy Bícha
>
Install of Debian 13 with GNOME, set locale to zh_CN.UTF-8, remove gnome-core,
ibus, and install fcitx5, fcitx5-frontend-all, fcitx5-chinese-addons, and
reboot. At this point one should have fcitx5 as default input framework with
fcitx5-pinyin input engine under gnome.
