- Download Sogou input from the link;
- Double click the downloaded file and install it;
- Navigate to “System Settings -> Language Support -> Keyboard input method system”, change the input method to be fcitx, and click on “Install / Remove Languages…” to install the Chinese input;
- Install fcitx:
sudo apt-get install fcitx fcitx-pinyin; - Log out and re-login;
- If there are two input method panels when using the Sogou input, delete one of them by:
sudo apt remove fcitx-ui-qimpanel.