Kannada on Ubuntu Dapper

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Also read: Kannada on Ubuntu Edgy. Some part of the documentation for Edgy in this context is helpful on Dapper as well (just the exception that SCIM - m17n poses few issues on Dapper. Look for more detail on the below troubleshooting section).

Troubleshooting

There's a known issue with SCIM-m17n on 6.06 (Dapper). Due to version mismatch between m17n-db and libm17n-0 (Refer this thread), the m17n doesn't immediately appear on SCIM IM Engines list.

As a first step, make sure you've installed the following packages:

scim scim-m17n scim-gtk2-immodule

and all the other related packages. ($sudo apt-get install package-name)

As Step 2, do this:

$sudo nano /usr/share/m17n/mdb.dir

Look for:

(input-method * "*.mim")

Replace it with:

(input-method kn itrans "kn-itrans.mim")

Screenshots

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Also Read

• Kannada on Ubuntu Edgy Eft
• Kannada on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
• SCIM-m17n on Ubuntu (for Baraha like Input)