ibus-1.5.19

Introduction to ibus

ibus is an Intelligent Input Bus. It is a new input framework for Linux OS. It provides a full featured and user friendly input method user interface.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.3 platform.

Package Information

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ibus Dependencies

Required

DConf-0.28.0, ISO Codes-3.79, and Vala-0.40.8

Recommended

Optional

D-Bus Python-1.2.8 and PyGObject-3.28.3 (both to build the Python support library), GTK-Doc-1.28, PyXDG-0.25 (for the ibus-setup), and libxkbcommon-0.8.2, Wayland-1.15.0 (both to build the Wayland support programs), and EmojiOne

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/ibus

Installation of ibus

If the optional Unicode Character Database was downloaded, install it now as the as the root user:

mkdir -p               /usr/share/unicode/ucd &&
unzip -u ../UCD.zip -d /usr/share/unicode/ucd
[Note]

Note

Be sure to also remove the disable-unicode-dict in the configure step below.

Fix an issue with deprecated schema entries:

sed -i 's@/desktop/ibus@/org/freedesktop/ibus@g' \
    data/ibus.schemas.in \
    data/dconf/org.freedesktop.ibus.gschema.xml.in

Install ibus by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr             \
            --sysconfdir=/etc         \
            --disable-unicode-dict    \
            --disable-emoji-dict      &&
rm -f tools/main.c                    &&
make

To test the results, issue: make -k check. Some tests may fail for unknown reasons.

Now, as the root user:

make install

Command Explanations

sed -ri ... data/ibus.schemas ...: This sed fixes deprecated entries in the gsettings schema templates installed by this package.

--disable-emoji-dict: This switch disables the use of emoticon dictionaries. Omit if you installed the optional package.

--disable-unicode-dict: This switch disables the use of unicode dictionaries. Omit if you installed the optional Unicode Character Database.

rm -f tools/main.c: This command removes a generated file that was not removed when packaging.

--disable-gtk2: This switch disables building the GTK+ 2 immodule. Use it if you have not installed GTK+ 2.

--enable-python-library: This switch enables building the Python support library. Use it if have installed the optional dependencies.

--enable-wayland: This switch enables building the Wayland support programs. Use it if you have installed the optional dependencies.

--with-python=python3: This switch makes the configure script look for Python 3. Use it if you want to build the Python 3 support library alongside the Python 2 one.

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: ibus, ibus-daemon, and ibus-setup
Installed Library: libibus-1.0.so and im-ibus.so (GTK+ Immodule)
Installed Directories: /etc/dconf/db/ibus.d, /usr/include/ibus-1.0, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/ibus, and /usr/share/ibus

Short Descriptions

ibus-daemon

is the Intelligent Input Bus Daemon.

ibus-setup

is the GTK+ program used to configure the ibus-daemon.

libibus-1.0.so

contains the ibus API functions.

Last updated on 2018-08-22 06:32:30 -0700