Enable Japanese input on Debian/Ubuntu
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:<br /> export GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus export XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus export QT_IM_MODULE=ibus ...