• Package Dependencies
• ibus itself
• ibus-qt
• Individual Input Method Dependencies
• Build & Install IBus
• Obtain source code
• Build and Install
• Register IBus as a Gtk immodule
• Update icon caches
• Build & Install IBus components
• Build & Install IBus Qt input method plugin
• Build & Install engine
• Build & Install Anthy engine
• Build & Install Chewing engine
• Build & Install Hangul engine
• Build & Install M17n engine
• RPM
• Run iBus
• Run gnome, kde or old X applications

Package Dependencies

ibus itself

• python >= 2.5
• dbus-glib >= 0.74
• dbus-python >= 0.83.0
• notify-python
• iso-codes

ibus-qt

• cmake
• qt >= 4.5

Individual Input Method Dependencies

ibus-anthy

• anthy

ibus-chewing

• Build dependencies:
• CMake >= 2.4
• gob2
• libchewing >= 0.3.2
• GConf2
• Run dependencies:
• libchewing >= 0.3.2
• GConf2

ibus-hangul

• libhangul

ibus-pinyin & demo engine

• python-enchant
• hunspell-en

Build & Install IBus

Obtain source code

IBus source code can either be download from IBus download page (If you use ibus for the first time, the download page is more stable than git.)

 $ zcat ibus-xx.tar.gz | tar xfv -
 $ cd ibus-xx

• The 'xx' is a version number.

or obtained from git with following commands:

 $ git clone git://github.com/phuang/ibus.git ibus
 $ cd ibus

• 'git clone --help' shows the usage.

Build and Install

After source code is extracted from tarball or git, use following command to build and install:

 $ ./autogen.sh --prefix='/usr' --sysconfdir='/etc' --libdir='/usr/lib' --enable-gtk-doc
 $ make
 $ sudo make install

(Change the paths '/usr', '/etc', '/usr/lib' according to your system configuration.)

Register IBus as a Gtk immodule

For i386

 $ sudo update-gtk-immodules i386-redhat-linux-gnu

or

 $ sudo gtk-query-immodules-2.0-32 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ibus.so >> /etc/gtk-2.0/i386-redhat-linux-gnu/gtk.immodules

For x86_64

 $ sudo update-gtk-immodules x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu

or

 $ sudo gtk-query-immodules-2.0-64 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ibus.so >> /etc/gtk-2.0/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu/gtk.immodules

(Replace the string i386-redhat-linux-gnu or path /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ibus.so with the setting that matches your system.)

Update icon caches

  $ ls /usr/share/icons/*/*/*/ibus*
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/ibus-keyboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/ibus-keyboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/ibus-keyboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/ibus-keyboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/ibus-keyboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/ibus-keyboard.svg
  $ sudo gtk-update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/hicolor

Build & Install IBus components

Build & Install IBus Qt input method plugin

1. Download ibus-qt source from IBus download page or Use git clone git://github.com/phuang/ibus-qt.git ibus-qt

 $ zcat ibus-qt-xx.tar.gz | tar xfv -
 $ cd ibus-qt
 $ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
 $ make
 $ sudo make install

• The 'xx' is a version number.

Build & Install PinYin engine

1. Download ibus-pinyin source from IBus download page or Use git clone git://github.com/phuang/ibus-pinyin.git ibus-pinyin

 $ zcat ibus-pinyin-xx.tar.gz | tar xfv -
 $ cd ibus-pinyin
 $ ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
 $ make
 $ sudo make install

• The 'xx' is a version number.

Build & Install Anthy engine

1. Download anthy source from Anthy Web

 $ zcat anthy-xx.tar.gz | tar xfv -
 $ ./configure --prefix=/usr
 $ make
 $ sudo make install

• The 'xx' is a version number.
2. Download kasumi source from Kasumi Web and install it (kasumi is not required but probably useful for you.)
3. Download ibus-anthy source from IBus download page or Use git clone git://github.com/fujiwarat/ibus-anthy.git ibus-anthy

 $ zcat ibus-anthy-xx.tar.gz | tar xfv -
 $ cd ibus-anthy
 $ ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
 $ make
 $ sudo make install

• The 'xx' is a version number.

Build & Install Chewing engine

1. Download ibus-chewing source from IBus download page or Use git clone git://github.com/definite/ibus-chewing.git ibus-chewing
2. Make ibus-chewing

zcat ibus-chewing-xx.tar.gz | tar xfv -
cd ibus-chewing
cmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX='/usr' -DLIBEXEC_DIR='/usr/libexec'
make

• The 'xx' is a version number.
3. If you have previous version installed, then need to:

make uninstall_schemas

4. Install and register schemas

sudo make install
make install_schemas

5. Use iBus UI or run ibus-setup to add ibus-chewing.
6. Restart iBus and Enjoy!

• To see other available build targets, use:

make help

Build & Install Hangul engine

1. Download ibus-hangul source from IBus download page or Use git clone git://github.com/phuang/ibus-hangul.git ibus-hangul

 $ zcat ibus-hangul-xx.tar.gz | tar xfv -
 $ cd ibus-hangul
 $ ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
 $ make
 $ sudo make install

• The 'xx' is a version number.

Build & Install M17n engine

1. Download ibus-m17n source from IBus download page or Use git clone git://github.com/phuang/ibus-m17n.git ibus-m17n

 $ zcat ibus-m17n-xx.tar.gz | tar xfv -
 $ cd ibus-m17n
 $ ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
 $ make
 $ sudo make install

• The 'xx' is a version number.

RPM

IBus itself and most of the components support source RPM building:

 $ make srpm

and RPM building:

 $ make rpm

The built RPMs are usually in dir ${ARCH} or RPMS/${ARCH}. Following RPMs will be built by default:

1. ibus
2. ibus-libs
3. ibus-gtk
4. ibus-devel
5. ibus-debuginfo

End users only need first three, only components and input method developer need the rest. RPMs can be install by either:

 $ sudo rpm -hiv <rpm file list>

or with yum:

 $ sudo yum localinstall <rpm file list>

or with PackageKit:

 $ sudo pkcon install <rpm file list>

or any other GUI package manager that supports RPM.

Run iBus

Run ibus-daemon to start ibus daemon with either way:

• Distribution tool likes im-chooser, im-switch
• Add a new /etc/xdg/autostart/ibus.desktop to invoke 'ibus-daemon --xim'
• Manual

 $ pkill -9 ibus
 $ ps -ef | grep ibus
 $ /usr/bin/ibus-daemon --xim &

After ibus-daemin is invoked, Run ibus-setup to set the preference, enable input methods, also start ibus daemon.

e.g.

 $ ps -ef | grep ibus
foo 15735 15518  0 11:30 pts/3    00:00:17 /usr/bin/ibus-daemon --xim
foo 20037 15735  0 12:58 pts/3    00:00:00 /usr/libexec/ibus-gconf
foo 20039 15735  0 12:58 pts/3    00:00:06 python /usr/share/ibus/ui/gtk/main.py
foo 20041     1  0 12:58 pts/3    00:00:00 /usr/libexec/ibus-x11 --kill-daemon
foo 20042 15735  0 12:58 pts/3    00:00:01 python /usr/share/ibus-anthy/engine/main.py --ibus

Run gnome, kde or old X applications

Set following environment varible for Gtk:

 $ GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus 

For KDE:

 $ QT_IM_MODULE=ibus

and other X applications

 $ XMODIFIERS="@im=ibus"

e.g.

 $ env GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus gedit

To enable input method, Type Ctrl + Space.