[SOLVED] Japanese input - ibus, Mozc or anything?

[Spectrum]

Hi! I have a relatively fresh installation of Kubuntu 18.04. I want to be able to type Japanese characters. I cannot get this to work.

I have tried to follow the following threads, all with no success:

* https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...Japanese-Input
* https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...Japanese-Input
* https://askubuntu.com/questions/7650.../765090#765090

With iBus and ibus-anthy, I was able to get that iBus icon in my system tray, and I could get it to switch label so it said "JP", but that made no difference. I have also tried to install Mozc. I can tell Mozc to input kana instead of romaji (Latin letters), but that also makes no difference - I don't know whether I need to do something to make my system actually USE Mozc at all.

I once had this working on Kubuntu 14.04, and I do remember that setting it up was a nightmarish maze.

Do there exist ANY reliable guides for how to do this on Kubuntu 18.04?
Thanks.

[Snowhog]

While not always a guarantee, often what works in Ubuntu will also work in Kubuntu. So, take a look at this blog:

https://www.nimonikku.com/blog/how-t...n-ubuntu-18-04

[Spectrum]

Thanks for the advice. After experimenting a little more I found something that helped: https://askubuntu.com/questions/7696...untu-16-04-lts

I did:

sudo apt install language-selector-gnome

... and then run gnome-language-selector and install languages. That seems to have done it - although probably in conjunction with some of the iBus crap I had already done.

[Beerislife]

ibus is pretty ancient. On a new install I generally install fcitx and fcitx-mozc. After a reboot there should be an icon in the Panel. There is no need to install Gnome anything. Just use the installed Input Method configuration and fcitx configuration. You can also configure Mozc to start by using Control Space ot if you have a Japanese keyboard, by the zenkaku/hankaku key.

[Spectrum]

ibus is pretty ancient. On a new install I generally install fcitx and fcitx-mozc. After a reboot there should be an icon in the Panel. There is no need to install Gnome anything. Just use the installed Input Method configuration and fcitx configuration. You can also configure Mozc to start by using Control Space ot if you have a Japanese keyboard, by the zenkaku/hankaku key.

Thanks.

Mostly for my own sake, I want to document what I did to get this working in Kubuntu 19.10:

1. Install fcitx and fcitx-mozc.
2. Install language-selector-gnome.
3. Run gnome-language selector (note that the program name is different from the package name) and install Japanese.
4. From K menu, run Input Method (the item should have the subtitle Set keyboard input method) and set it to use fcitx.
5. Restart.
6. Configure fcitx from the system tray.