source: general/genutils/ibus.xml@ 494030b

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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        "2e29a7fb0f8c5ffcf42462fda45348fd">
  <!ENTITY ibus-size          "1.4 MB">
  <!ENTITY ibus-buildsize     "54 MB (add 3 MB for tests)">
  <!ENTITY ibus-time          "0.3 SBU (Using parallelism=4; add 0.6 SBU for tests)">
<!-- Since UCD.zip can be used by gucharmap too, let's use the same version:
     This prevents version mismatches, since UCD.zip filename is not versioned.
-->
  <!ENTITY ucd-download-http  "https://www.unicode.org/Public/zipped/&gucharmap-major-version;.0/UCD.zip">
]>

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


  <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 the Linux OS. It provides a fully featured and user
      friendly input method user interface.
    </para>

    &lfs120_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>

    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Unicode Character Database:
          <ulink url="&ucd-download-http;"> &ucd-download-http;</ulink>
        </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="gtk3"/>, and
      <xref linkend="libnotify"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="gtk4"/> (to build IM module for it),
      <xref linkend="dbus-python"/> and
      <xref linkend="pygobject3"/> (both to build the Python support library),
      <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>, and
      <!--<xref linkend="pyxdg" role="runtime"/>
      (runtime, for the <command>ibus-setup</command>), and
      NOTE: The reference to the 'xdg' python module is commented out in the source -->
      <xref linkend="libxkbcommon"/>,
      <xref linkend="wayland"/> (both to build the Wayland support programs), and
      <ulink url="https://www.joypixels.com/">EmojiOne</ulink>
    </para>

  </sect2>

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

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

<screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -p                /usr/share/unicode/ucd &amp;&amp;
unzip -uo ../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 -e 's@/desktop/ibus@/org/freedesktop/ibus@g' \
    -i data/dconf/org.freedesktop.ibus.gschema.xml</userinput></screen>

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

<screen revision='sysv'><userinput>SAVE_DIST_FILES=1 \
PYTHON=python3    \
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr          \
             --sysconfdir=/etc      \
             --disable-python2      \
             --disable-appindicator \
             --disable-emoji-dict   \
             --disable-systemd-services &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

<screen revision='systemd'><userinput>SAVE_DIST_FILES=1 \
PYTHON=python3    \
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr          \
             --sysconfdir=/etc      \
             --disable-python2      \
             --disable-appindicator \
             --disable-emoji-dict   &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>make -k check</command>.
      The test named ibus-compose fails because it uses some locales
      not installed in LFS.
      <!-- The log says "No idea to simulate key events in Wayland"
           in a Mutter wayland session.  -->
      The test named xkb-latin-layouts is known to fail with a recent
      xkeyboard-config release.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the &root; user:
    </para>

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

  </sect2>

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

    <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>
      <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-gtk4</option>: This switch enables building
      the <application>GTK 4</application> immodule. Use it if
      you have installed <application>GTK 4</application>.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--enable-python-library</option>: This switch enables
      building the <application>Python</application> support
      library. Use it if you have installed the optional Python modules.
    </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>
      <envar>PYTHON=python3</envar>: This environment variable makes
      the <command>autogen.sh</command> script look for
      <application>Python 3</application>. Use it if you want
      to build the <application>Python 3</application> support
      library.
    </para>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
<!--
    <para>
      <command>gzip -dfv ...</command>: Decompress installed man pages
      in accordance with other man pages.
    </para>
-->
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring Ibus</title>

    <para>
      If GTK+-3 or GTK+-2 are installed and
      <option>--disable-gtk{3,2}</option> are not used, the ibus IM module
      for GTK+-3 or GTK+-2 will be installed.  As the &root; user,
      update a cache file of GTK+-3 or GTK+-2 so the GTK-based applications
      can find the newly installed IM module and use ibus as an input
      method:
    </para>

    <screen role='nodump'><userinput>gtk-query-immodules-3.0 --update-cache</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      The command above updates the cache file for GTK+-3.  For GTK+-2,
      use <command>gtk-query-immodules-2.0</command> instead of
      <command>gtk-query-immodules-3.0</command>.  GTK-4 does not require
      a cache file for IM modules.
    </para>
  </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>