Re: [tlug] linux mint japanese input

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

On 02/08/2013 03:26 AM, s smith wrote:
> Hi All.
>
> Is anyone running Mint?  I read a good review and decided to give it a try.
My solution to the language input problem in Linux Mint was to replace 
it with Kubuntu.
As a KDE user, I was worried about the possible demise of Kubuntu and, 
in December, when I accidentally removed most of my desktop along with 
the non-working VirtualBox version I was actually trying to eliminate 
(removing the desktop when using the "sudo apt-get remove" instruction 
was one of the bugs in that version, as a couple of hundred other users 
also found out before Oracle issued a patch), I went looking for 
alternatives and tried about 6~8 different Linux flavors, discarding 
each one for various reasons.
Like you, I also read a good review and installed Linux Mint 13 LTE on 
my laptop and desktop.  I tried the Cinnamon, MATE, and KDE desktops.
- Then, I had trouble installing the language files and the 
multi-language support.
- Then I had trouble setting up the search engines I regularly use 
because they don't pay click fees to the Linux Mint programmers and 
several of my regular websites would not allow internal searching with 
the Linux Mint default choices.
- Then, when v.14 came along, I tried a "simple" Ubuntu-style upgrade 
and found that Mint doesn't support them -- they want you to strip your 
HDD and do a fresh install every time.
So, my solution was to return to Kubuntu 12.10, which _does_ support 
language switching and a WHOLE BUNCH of other stuff I'm used to doing 
and supports programs and the search engines of my choice without a lot 
of "explanation" when they don't.
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But, here is what I tried, and the result:

> I'm trying to get Japanese input going at this pointand am configuring 
> Language. They have a tool like Ubuntu(no surprise) for this and ibus 
> isn't one of the options for keyboard input. I'm seeing lo-gtk and 
> th-gtk. I'm wondering where to go from here. Should I install ibus? 
> What about anthy. If you have any warnings/suggestions before I 
> proceed -- please advise :) Thanks Steve S.
I futzed around with language input for about two weeks in Linux Mint, 
then gave up.  When I upgraded the Linux kernel, I kept receiving 
messages that there was "no explicit support for en_US.UTF-8" and iBus 
was removed.
My personal "bible" for iBus input support is Lyle Saxon's post to this 
forum of 12/09/2011 08:59 PM.
There is a post from me, dated 12/19/2012 which detailed my own personal 
trials / tribulations.  I don't like the lo-gtk and th-gtk options.  I 
specifically wanted iBus.  If you don't want iBus support, and want to 
press on, stop reading here.
When I followed Lyle's instructions to install required files from the 
command line, I kept receiving the following output:
> # im-switch -s ibus
>
> No system wide default defined just for locale en_US .
>
> Use "all_ALL" quasi-locale and set IM.
>
> update-alternatives: error: alternative /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/ibus 
> for xinput-all_ALL not registered; not setting
but, a check of my LOCALE settings showed everything _was_ set to 
en_US.UTF-8 and iBus could be loaded manually.
At it's best, I could start a working copy of iBus manually, even though 
I'd included it in my Startup.  After start, I had to type L Alt + F2 -> 
ibus setup.
YMMV, but I don't like Linux Mint.

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CL