Ibus input methods

[orionthehunter]

I'm trying to set-up input methods for Japanese language input.

I've done this on many systems and there is a typical list of things to install that I'm familiar with which I tried, and it failed to work (will elaborate).

Then I searched the Kubuntu forum, found the Japanese Language: How to thread, and followed it, and it failed to work.

ibus-setup fails with:

ERROR:root:Could not find any typelib for Gtk
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ibus/setup/main.py", line 29, in <module>
    from gi.repository import Gtk
ImportError: cannot import name Gtk

I found this bug thread on the Debian list, but I'm not sure if its relavent or not.
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=700076

Any advice?

[whatthefunk]

Have you tried this: http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthr...japanese+input

[orionthehunter]

Have you tried this: http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthr...japanese+input

Yes. That is the How-to thread I mentioned in my original post. Clicking on the link under the Menu->Applications->System->Keyboard Input Methods fails because of the same error.

I also installed Scim, I haven't made it work yet either, though I doubt that's a related issue...

[whatthefunk]

What version of Kubuntu are you using?

[orionthehunter]

13.10, and I just ran updates.

[whatthefunk]

I made that guide for 13.04...Im running through it on 13.10 now. Seems ibus has changed a little..

[orionthehunter]

I made that guide for 13.04...Im running through it on 13.10 now. Seems ibus has changed a little..

Do let me know how it goes... this is a bit of a game-breaker for me as I live in Japan and interact with Japanese speakers as much as English speakers.

[whatthefunk]

We are not alone. Whoever maintains ibus decided to make drastic changes that basically render the program useless. Awesome. Im looking for a work around. No Japanese language input is a deal breaker for me.

[whatthefunk]

Got past the initial GTK errors. You need to install the package gir1.2-gtk-3.0 Its in the repos. From there you can open ibus-setup from the terminal and configure everything. Still cant get it working though.... Getting closer....

[whatthefunk]

Kind of got it. After a couple reboots, a bunch of messing around and dealing with a mind boggling slow ibus interface, I got it to work in all programs except web browsers. I think once you get the package I listed in the post above this one, its just a matter of settings.

[orionthehunter]

日本語が書けました。ありがとうございました！