Sunday, January 27, 2013

Chinese input method on Linux Mint 14


Here are the Use ibus to input chinese on Linux Mint 14 with Mate session.

1. Install ibus packages.
sudo apt-get install ibus-gtk ibus-pinyin ibus-pinyin-db-open-phrase

2. Add chinese input support.
Select  Menu->Preferences->Language Support, the program will be started. Click "Install/Remove  Languages..." and then Select Chinese(simplified) to install it.
And then select input method of ibus.

3. Log out and log in again and ibus applet will be shown at the right lower corner.
Configure the ibus input preferences by adding pinyin input method. 

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