Enable Japanese input on Debian/Ubuntu

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:59:34 +0000

Normally, I would install Scim and Anthy for Japanese input method on Debian. Recently, I found an easier way to achieve the same thing, which is to use IBus instead of Scim.

Install ibus: sudo apt-get install ibus ibus-anthy ibus-gtk
From the menu, System -> Preferences -> IBus Preference. IBus Preference should detects that you have run IBus daemon yet, click “Yes” to run it.
You’ll be asked to edit your ~/.bashrc and add the following 3 lines:

export GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus
export XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus
export QT_IM_MODULE=ibus</pre>

Click on “Input Method” tab, if you don’t see “Japanese – Anthy” listed under the Input Method list, select “Japanese -> Anthy” from the “Select an input method” drop down list, then click Add.
You might want to restart X (logout and log back in)
Open a text editor, and hit Ctrl + Space to toggle the Japanese input method

Reference: Japanese Input with Karmic?

IBus on Kenno's Open Note

Enable Japanese input on Debian/Ubuntu