Cannot install sogou pinyin via AUR. Error message. I am using Linux Mint now. Willing to switch back to manjaro-i3 if only I could install sogou pinyin…
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Well, I’m sorry, but without the verbatim error message, nobody here is going to be able to help you. We need to see that error message in order to understand what went wrong. 
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Roger that. Would go install manjaro-i3 on my spare notebook asap, and then try to install sogou pinyin, and copy and paste the error message here… o7
It’s a Chinese input package. A popular Chinese input software. Used to be able to install it via AUR at manjaro-i3. It just no longer able to recently (a few weeks ago when I try and then I switch to linux mint 22.1).
I know what, just boot up the manjaro usb stick and try and install the software, and copy and paste the error message here…
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But which package? There are several packages with the words “sogou” and “pinyin” in their name. Some of them have not been maintained anymore since 2023, while some others were still updated late 2024.
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"Preparing...
Cloning fcitx-sogoupinyin build files...
Generating fcitx-sogoupinyin information...
Checking fcitx-sogoupinyin dependencies...
Resolving dependencies...
Checking inter-conflicts...
Building fcitx-sogoupinyin...
==> Making package: fcitx-sogoupinyin 4.2.1.145-1 (Sun 20 Apr 2025 05:32:54 PM UTC)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
==> Removing existing $srcdir/ directory...
==> Extracting sources...
==> Starting prepare()...
==> Retrieving sources...
-> Found sogoupinyin_4.2.1.145_amd64.deb
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
sogoupinyin_4.2.1.145_amd64.deb ... FAILED
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!
Failed to build fcitx-sogoupinyin"
YES! The above is the error message been haunting me for a few ‘trials’ in solving the problem, and end up I gave up and switch to Linux Mint/ Ubuntu. But I really enjoy my previous months of using manjaro-i3, love the yay software. So I am thinking of giving it one more try, if I could install this fcitx-sogoupinyin software successfully…
In the months of using manjaro-i3, I had install this fcitx-sogoupinyin, no problem at all. Although it takes some time to ‘compile’ when I try to install it via AUR. And, somehow this package just broken. And I can’t reinstall or install it again…
that particular AUR package was last updated two years ago.
last comments on it from 9 years ago - from 2016
Personally, I can’t read the glyphs - I can’t read chinese or whatever these represent.
so:
the linked to upstream URL doesn’t help me to even begin to understand the problem you have
I simply can’t read the language …
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This means that the file sogoupinyin_4.2.1.145_amd64.deb — which is a Debian package — is corrupt, or that its accompanying sha256sum is incorrect.
There is an alternative manner of getting it installed, though, but there is no guarantee that this will work.
It’s a two-step process. First, you must fetch the sogoupinyin_4.2.1.145_amd64.deb package from this website, and then you must install debtap from the AUR, which will allow you to convert the Debian package into an Arch package.
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Okay, I will go try it out asap, booting into manjaro-i3 environment, and then follow your instruction, convert that debian package into an arch package…
Had tried to convert, but the debtap ask me to run debtap -u as root at least once, and I did. But when i try to debtap it ask me to run as root, debtap -u, again. So yea…
using debtap requires some knowledge about the structure of .deb packages
and how this would be translated into an equivalent Arch package.
It is not “automatic” by any means.
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K. I think I will just stay put stick to my current distro then until I have a better grasp in Linux knowledge. Thank you all! Thumbs up.
Should I click the solution as solved? Because it kind of ‘solved’ for me. The direction is clear for me from here, it’s out of my league this problem. I should give up in solving this problem until I have a better understanding of knowledge about the structure of debian package, which I don’t have…
Nothing is really solved.
Don’t give a solution. … as there is none (for you).
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Okay, I will just leave it as it is. Hopefully one day, this package could be install ‘automatically’ again, without much tweaking.
No need for any of that. FYI, debtap is not recommended and should be a last resort.
Make sure you’re up to date:
sudo pacman -Syu
Make sure you have the prerequisites for using the AUR installed:
sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git
Clone the AUR package:
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/fcitx-sogoupinyin.git
cd fcitx-sogoupinyin
Update the checksums:
makepkg -g
Finally, build and install the package:
makepkg -srif
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Having had a look at the various packages available, the OP might also want to consider installing fcitx5-sogou, which relies on fcitx5, rather than the older fcitx-sogoupinyin, which relies on fcitx v4.
AUR links:
I just successfully built & installed fcitx5-sogou from the AUR via Pamac’s GUI on my Testing branch machine - it only took a few seconds:
fcitx5-sogou build process
Preparing...
Checking fcitx5-sogou dependencies...
Resolving dependencies...
Checking inter-conflicts...
Cloning fcitx5-sogou build files...
Generating fcitx5-sogou information...
Download of chrpath (0.17-1) started
Download of chrpath (0.17-1) finished
Download of xcb-imdkit (1.0.9-1) finished
Download of fcitx5 (5.1.12-1) finished
Checking keyring...
Checking integrity...
Loading packages files...
Checking file conflicts...
Checking available disk space...
Installing xcb-imdkit (1.0.9-1)...
Installing fcitx5 (5.1.12-1)...
Installing chrpath (0.17-1)...
Running post-transaction hooks...
Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
Updating icon theme caches...
Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
Building fcitx5-sogou...
==> Making package: fcitx5-sogou 10.0.9.0.6-2 (Mon 21 Apr 2025 09:51:28)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
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==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
cpis-base_10.0.9.0.6-202311280935_amd64.deb ... Passed
sogou-ime-ng-cpis-dict-keyboard-chs-pcpy_10.0.1-48.1_all.deb ... Passed
sogou-ime-ng-cpis-dict-keyboard-chs-pcwb_10.0.1-48.1_all.deb ... Passed
sogou-ime-ng-cpis-dict-keyboard-multilingual-pcen_10.0.1-48.1_all.deb ... Passed
sogou-ime-ng-cpis-user-default-profile_10.0.1-48.1_all.deb ... Passed
sogou-ime-ng-fcitx5-kylin-desktop_10.0.9.0.6-20231128000607_amd64.deb ... Passed
sogou-ime-ng_10.0.9.0.6-20231128000607_amd64.deb ... Passed
==> Removing existing $srcdir/ directory...
==> Extracting sources...
==> Starting prepare()...
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting package()...
==> Tidying install...
-> Removing libtool files...
-> Purging unwanted files...
-> Removing static library files...
-> Stripping unneeded symbols from binaries and libraries...
-> Compressing man and info pages...
libfakeroot internal error: payload not recognized!
==> Checking for packaging issues...
==> Creating package "fcitx5-sogou"...
-> Generating .PKGINFO file...
-> Generating .BUILDINFO file...
-> Generating .MTREE file...
-> Compressing package...
bsdtar: usr/share/cpis/dict/sogou/keyboard/chinese/pcpy/scd/古诗词名句【官方推荐】.scel: Can't translate pathname 'usr/share/cpis/dict/sogou/keyboard/chinese/pcpy/scd/古诗词名句【官方推荐】.scel' to UTF-8
bsdtar: usr/share/cpis/dict/sogou/keyboard/chinese/pcpy/scd/成语俗语【官方推荐】.scel: Can't translate pathname 'usr/share/cpis/dict/sogou/keyboard/chinese/pcpy/scd/成语俗语【官方推荐】.scel' to UTF-8
bsdtar: usr/share/cpis/dict/sogou/keyboard/chinese/pcpy/scd/政府机关团体机构大全【官方推荐】.scel: Can't translate pathname 'usr/share/cpis/dict/sogou/keyboard/chinese/pcpy/scd/政府机关团体机构大全【官方推荐】.scel' to UTF-8
bsdtar: usr/share/cpis/dict/sogou/keyboard/chinese/pcpy/scd/行政地区.scel: Can't translate pathname 'usr/share/cpis/dict/sogou/keyboard/chinese/pcpy/scd/行政地区.scel' to UTF-8
bsdtar: usr/share/cpis/dict/sogou/keyboard/chinese/pcpy/scd/计算机词汇大全【官方推荐】.scel: Can't translate pathname 'usr/share/cpis/dict/sogou/keyboard/chinese/pcpy/scd/计算机词汇大全【官方推荐】.scel' to UTF-8
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: fcitx5-sogou 10.0.9.0.6-2 (Mon 21 Apr 2025 09:52:08)
==> Cleaning up...
Checking keyring...
Checking integrity...
Loading packages files...
Checking file conflicts...
Checking available disk space...
Installing fcitx5-sogou (10.0.9.0.6-2)...
Running post-transaction hooks...
Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
Updating icon theme caches...
Transaction successfully finished.
Here are the full details of the fcitx5-sogou package:
pamac info fcitx5-sogou
pamac info fcitx5-sogou
Name : fcitx5-sogou
Version : 10.0.9.0.6-2
Description : Sogou Pinyin for Linux
URL : https://shurufa.sogou.com/linux
Licenses : custom
Repository : AUR
Installed Size : 320.3 MB
Groups : --
Depends On : fcitx5 hicolor-icon-theme glibc gcc-libs qt5-base openal libx11 libxtst systemd-libs gtk3
gdk-pixbuf2 glib2 dbus cairo curl
Optional Dependencies : kcm-fcitx5
Make Dependencies : chrpath
Check Dependencies : --
Required By : --
Optional For : --
Provides : --
Replaces : --
Conflicts With : --
Packager : Unknown Packager
Maintainer : a645162
First Submitted : Sun 24 Sep 2023 03:14:50
Last Modified : Tue 31 Dec 2024 20:19:33
Votes : 4
Out of Date : --
Build Date : Mon 21 Apr 2025 09:51:28
Install Date : Mon 21 Apr 2025 09:52:09
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Validated By : None
Backup files : --
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Thanks! Would try and install manjaro on my spare notebook and try it out asap!
I might have try it before. But there’s no input option for sogoupinyin when I try to configure the fcitx input system via fcitx config. Would check it out the method again, but first I would go install manjaro i3 on my spare notebook. Cheers!
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You need to install the fcitx5-configtool package to configure fcitx5. Probably the best thing to do if you replace fcitx with fcitx5 is run the command:
pamac search -i fcitx
to see what packages you currently have installed. You may need to replace some of them with their fcitx5 versions.
Had installed fcitx5-sogou, and the fcitx5-configtool. But the input selection, there’s no sogoupinyin to be found. Only sogou ime ng for kylin is the closest to sogoupinyin. But when I hit ctrl space to bring up the sogou input (sogou ime ng for kylin), nothing comes up. I mean, there’s no Chinese characters to choose from… I did reboot after all the installation of fcitx5 packages…
After the last command “makepkg -srif”, here’s the error message:
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
sogoupinyin_4.2.1.145_amd64.deb ... FAILED
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!
Installing the latest kernel 6.14, see how it goes…