Re: [tlug] Japanese input on Centos

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

Scott Robbins wrote:

> Step one.  During installation, did you install Japanese support? 
> If not, go back and do it. 

Amen. 

Selecting Japanese during the initial installation includes all 
kind of stuff that you might not know you need. 

I've never found anything in Red Hat for adding language support 
after the initial installation. If someone knows of it, please tell 
the list. 

What I _have_ done, is to install Centos multiple times, 
first English only, then English + Japanese. 
After each installation, I saved the output of rpm -qa, 
so I can diff the rpm lists and then _maybe_ you can just 
install the diffed rpms for Japanese support. 
If that works, then great. If not, consider reinstalling 
from scratch. 

For Centos4(.0?): 

   [jim@example.com env]$ diff rpms.sort.en rpms.sort.en+ja
   56a57,58
   > Canna-3.7p3-7.EL4
   > Canna-libs-3.7p3-7.EL4
   92a95
   > dbskkd-cdb-1.01-21
   157a161
   > fonts-ja-8.0-16
   164a169,170
   > FreeWnn-1.10pl020-5
   > FreeWnn-libs-1.10pl020-5
   281a288,292
   > iiimf-csconv-12.1-10.EL
   > iiimf-docs-12.1-10.EL
   > iiimf-gnome-im-switcher-12.1-10.EL
   > iiimf-gtk-12.1-10.EL
   > iiimf-le-canna-12.1-10.EL
   283a295,296
   > iiimf-server-12.1-10.EL
   > iiimf-x-12.1-10.EL
   299a313,314
   > jisksp14-0.1-16
   > jisksp16-1990-0.1-16
   301a317
   > kappa20-0.3-15
   306a323
   > kde-i18n-Japanese-3.3.1-2.1
   316a334,337
   > kinput2-v3.1-23
   > knm_new-1.1-16
   > kon2-0.3.9b-25
   > kon2-fonts-0.3.9b-25
   436a458
   > man-pages-ja-20040915-1
   624a647
   > skkinput-2.06.4-7
   664a688
   > system-switch-im-0.1.2-3
   683a708
   > ttfonts-ja-1.2-36
   [jim@example.com env]$

Those are all additions, so maybe you could get away with: 

   # yum install Canna Canna-libs dbskkd-cdb fonts-ja FreeWnn \
   FreeWnn-libs iiimf-csconv iiimf-docs iiimf-gnome-im-switcher \
   iiimf-gtk iiimf-le-canna iiimf-server iiimf-x jisksp14 jisksp16 \
   kappa20 kde-i18n-Japanese kinput2 knm_new kon2 kon2-fonts \
   man-pages-ja skkinput system-switch-im ttfonts

but somehow, I doubt it. Just get it a try for the heck of it. 

For Centos4.2 to add support for many languages: 

   [jim@example.com env]$ diff rpms.en.sort rpms.all.sort
   14a15,20
   > aspell-ca-0.50-1
   > aspell-cs-0.51-1
   > aspell-cy-0.50-1
   > aspell-da-0.50-10
   > aspell-de-0.50-9
   > aspell-el-0.50-1
   15a22,29
   > aspell-es-0.50-10
   > aspell-fr-0.50-7
   > aspell-it-0.53-1
   > aspell-nl-0.50-5
   > aspell-no-0.50.1-7
   > aspell-pl-0.51-2
   > aspell-pt-0.50-8
   > aspell-sv-0.50-6
   40a55
   > bg5ps-1.3.0-17
   59a75,76
   > Canna-3.7p3-7.EL4
   > Canna-libs-3.7p3-7.EL4
   74a92
   > convmv-1.08-3.EL
   96a115
   > dbskkd-cdb-1.01-21
   162a182,188
   > fonts-arabic-1.5-3
   > fonts-bengali-0.1-3
   > fonts-hebrew-0.100-4
   > fonts-ISO8859-2-1.0-13
   > fonts-ja-8.0-16
   > fonts-KOI8-R-100dpi-1.0-7
   > fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-7
   169a196,197
   > FreeWnn-1.10pl020-5
   > FreeWnn-libs-1.10pl020-5
   273a302
   > h2ps-2.06-12
   286a316,324
   > iiimf-csconv-12.1-13.EL.2
   > iiimf-docs-12.1-13.EL.2
   > iiimf-gnome-im-switcher-12.1-13.EL.2
   > iiimf-gtk-12.1-13.EL.2
   > iiimf-le-canna-12.1-13.EL.2
   > iiimf-le-chinput-0.3-16
   > iiimf-le-hangul-12.1-13.EL.2
   > iiimf-le-unit-12.1-13.EL.2
   > iiimf-le-xcin-0.1.7-11
   288a327,328
   > iiimf-server-12.1-13.EL.2
   > iiimf-x-12.1-13.EL.2
   304a345,346
   > jisksp14-0.1-16
   > jisksp16-1990-0.1-16
   306a349
   > kappa20-0.3-15
   311a355,390
   > kde-i18n-Bengali-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Brazil-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-British-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Bulgarian-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Catalan-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Chinese-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Chinese-Big5-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Czech-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Danish-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Dutch-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Estonian-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Finnish-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-French-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-German-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Greek-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Hebrew-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Hindi-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Hungarian-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Icelandic-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Italian-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Japanese-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Norwegian-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Norwegian-Nynorsk-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Polish-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Portuguese-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Punjabi-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Romanian-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Russian-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Serbian-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Slovak-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Slovenian-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Spanish-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Swedish-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Tamil-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Turkish-3.3.1-2.1
   > kde-i18n-Ukrainian-3.3.1-2.1
   322a402,405
   > kinput2-v3.1-23
   > knm_new-1.1-16
   > kon2-0.3.9b-25
   > kon2-fonts-0.3.9b-25
   401a485
   > libtabe-0.2.6-9
   444a529,538
   > man-pages-cs-0.16-4
   > man-pages-da-0.1.1-12
   > man-pages-de-0.4-9
   > man-pages-es-1.28-10
   > man-pages-fr-0.9.7-11
   > man-pages-it-0.3.0-15
   > man-pages-ja-20041215-1.EL4.0
   > man-pages-ko-1.48-14
   > man-pages-pl-0.23-5
   > man-pages-ru-0.7-8
   449a544
   > miniChinput-0.0.3-58
   463a559
   > nabi-0.14-3
   484a581
   > nhpf-1.42-8
   644a742
   > skkinput-2.06.4-7
   685a784
   > system-switch-im-0.1.2-3
   687a787
   > taipeifonts-1.2-26
   705a806,814
   > ttfonts-bn-1.10-1.EL
   > ttfonts-gu-1.10-1.EL
   > ttfonts-hi-1.10-1.EL
   > ttfonts-ja-1.2-36.EL4.0
   > ttfonts-ko-1.0.11-32.2
   > ttfonts-pa-1.10-1.EL
   > ttfonts-ta-1.10-1.EL
   > ttfonts-zh_CN-2.14-6
   > ttfonts-zh_TW-2.11-28
   740a850
   > xcin-2.5.3.pre3-24
   [jim@example.com env]$

Jim