source: general/genutils/ibus.xml@ 292b9866

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY ibus-download-http "https://github.com/ibus/ibus/releases/download/&ibus-version;/ibus-&ibus-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY ibus-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY ibus-md5sum        "a2be6f200dd9ada2501474a6877a73ef">
  <!ENTITY ibus-size          "2.7 MB">
  <!ENTITY ibus-buildsize     "73 MB (with tests)">
  <!ENTITY ibus-time          "0.6 SBU (with tests)">

  <!ENTITY ucd-download-http  "https://www.unicode.org/Public/zipped/10.0.0/UCD.zip">
]>

<sect1 id="ibus" xreflabel="ibus-&ibus-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="ibus.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>ibus-&ibus-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ibus">
    <primary sortas="a-ibus">ibus</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to ibus</title>

    <para>
      <application>ibus</application> 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.
    </para>

    &lfs82_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&ibus-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&ibus-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &ibus-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &ibus-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &ibus-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &ibus-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Optional Download</bridgehead>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Clang</bridgehead>
      <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download: <ulink url="&ucd-download-http;">
            &ucd-download-http;</ulink>
            (Unicode Character Database)
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">ibus Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="dconf"/>,
      <xref linkend="iso-codes"/>, and
      <xref linkend="vala"/>
    </para>
      
    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
      <xref linkend="gtk2"/>, and
      <xref linkend="libnotify"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="dbus-python"/> and
      <xref linkend="pygobject3"/> (both to build the Python support library),
      <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
      <xref linkend="pyxdg"/> (for the <command>ibus-setup</command>), and
      <xref linkend="libxkbcommon"/>,
      <xref linkend="wayland"/> (both to build the Wayland support programs), and
      <ulink url="https://www.emojione.com/">EmojiOne</ulink>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/ibus"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of ibus</title>

    <para>If the optional Unicode Character Database was downloaded, install it
    now as the as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen><userinput>mkdir -p               /usr/share/unicode/ucd &amp;&amp;
unzip -u ../UCD.zip -d /usr/share/unicode/ucd</userinput></screen>

    <note><para>Be sure to also remove the disable-unicode-dict in
    the configure step below.</para></note>

    <para>Fix an issue with deprecated schema entries:</para>

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

    <para>
      Install <application>ibus</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr             \
            --sysconfdir=/etc         \
            --disable-unicode-dict    \
            --disable-emoji-dict      &amp;&amp;
rm -f tools/main.c                    &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>make -k check</command>.
      Some tests may fail for unknown reasons.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

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

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

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

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

    <para>
      <option>--disable-gtk2</option>: This switch disables building
      the <application>GTK+ 2</application> immodule. Use it if
      you have not installed <application>GTK+ 2</application>.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--enable-python-library</option>: This switch enables
      building the <application>Python</application> support
      library. Use it if have installed the optional dependencies.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--enable-wayland</option>: This switch enables building
      the <application>Wayland</application> support programs.
      Use it if you have installed the optional dependencies.
    </para>

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

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          ibus, 
          ibus-daemon, and 
          ibus-setup
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libibus-1.0.so and 
          im-ibus.so (<application>GTK+ Immodule</application>)
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /etc/dconf/db/ibus.d,
          /usr/include/ibus-1.0,
          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/ibus, and
          /usr/share/ibus
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="ibus-daemon">
        <term><command>ibus-daemon</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the Intelligent Input Bus Daemon.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="ibus ibus-daemon">
            <primary sortas="b-ibus-daemon">ibus-daemon</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="ibus-setup">
        <term><command>ibus-setup</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the <application>GTK+</application> program used to configure
            the <command>ibus-daemon</command>.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="ibus ibus-setup">
            <primary sortas="b-ibus-setup">ibus-setup</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libibus-1.0">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libibus-1.0.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the <application>ibus</application> API functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="ibus libibus-1.0">
            <primary sortas="c-libibus-1.0">libibus-1.0.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>