Re: [tlug] Japanese Input - Kubuntu 12.04 LTS

[Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>]

On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 02:19:16PM +1000, Jim Breen wrote:
> On 27 August 2013 14:03, Lyle H Saxon <llletters@example.com> wrote:
> 
> > ....... I've
> > never gotten Japanese input to work with Ubuntu/Kubuntu when starting
> > from an English language install, and even when installing in
> > Japanese, it doesn't work until some hoops are jumped through.
> 
> I've installed Ubuntu several times using an English language install, and
> adding Japanese later. It's never been a problem and I've got Japanese
> input working every time. It was very different back when I was a
> RedHat/Fedora user. Then you had to add Japanese during the install, as
> it simply couldn't be done later.
> 
FWIW, that's no longer the case.  It's become trivial in almost all
distributions, including FreeBSD, to add Japanese afterwards. 
I'm not sure where Lyle's running into issues--in most Ubuntu
distribtuions, there's a simple menu to add different languages, and if one
picks Japanese, afterwards, ibus setup is trivial.
Hopefully, someone with Kubuntu can give better step by step instructions.

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Scott Robbins
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