newbie to MEPIS / Linux...installation went ok

http://www.mepis.org/node/5638

Also, do a search on the left for "japanese" and you will find a few other threads on this topic.

Konnichiwa!

Jon

Jon,

Thanks for the tip...though I must say that I was "referring" to that thread...sounds "Chinese" to me

Sorry for being a bit too much of a noob

Will re-read the thread and see how it goes

Regards

Laurent

PS: have the latest MEPIS installed

EDIT:

a few questions:

1.IMPERATIVE: When installing your system, select an UTF locale.

Whats UTF...didnt see that when installing.

2.1- Update the packages

apt-get update

2.- We need the following packages.

apt-get install scim
apt-get install scim-gtk2-immodule
apt-get install anthy
apt-get install uim-anthy
apt-get install scim-uim
apt-get install scim-m17n

well I did this and they dont appear?

Am I doing something wrong?

I don't know that I can be much help laurent. I just found the thread and studied the language too many years ago to remember much

However, I think the thrust of the previous thread, and some things for you to check, are these. You first need to make sure that your system's packages have been updated. Are you wanting to use synaptic or apt-get to update things? What version of Mepis do you currently have loaded? You need to make sure that all of the available respositories are available in your /etc/sources.list. Exactly which ones they are depends upon the version of Mepis you are using. Do you know how to do this, and are you comfortable making the changes? Let me know if you need help and I'll give you some pointers

Once the repositories are available you can update the lists and (possibly) load the packages. This is most easily done with apt-get in a konsole as user root. So once the repositories are set, do the following in a konsole (as root):

apt-get clean     # will clear out old junk
apt-get update    # will bring in new list of packages

Now you can do the various apt-get installs mentioned in the previous thread. I recommend one addition. When you first issue the install instructions, add the "-s" (simulate) option. This will check your system and determine whether you can install the package. You will see a bunch of stuff fly by but nothing will be installed. It is a test. If you see any messages about packages being removed you probably will not want to install things with the risk of messing up your system. So the modified, simulated installation is:

apt-get -s install scim
apt-get -s install scim-gtk2-immodule
apt-get -s install anthy
apt-get -s install uim-anthy
apt-get -s install scim-uim
apt-get -s install scim-m17n

If you see no problems, then re-do the apt-get, but without the "-s".

Let me know what results you get and we'll go to the next steps.

Jon

First let me thank you a lot for all the tips and help!

What are the differences between them?

Mepis OS-center 3.4-3
KDE Version: 3.4.3
Release: 2.6.15-1-586tsc

So I have updated as you told me, though using the konsole didn't work for me (It's me!! I am a 24 hours old Mepis user, not too much to expect, why I used the Kpackage)...all went very smooth and really like the way it goes (I like to know what I am updating and what it does).
Only one update didn't install, it asked me to redefine the boot...as I have no idea what it was, I canceled it!

I am still used to Windows, so I rebooted to make sure...

That done, I then checked to get the "updates" you specified:

They didn't appear!

Again, all works great (didn't test the modem though)...even the Wifi card works! Now I am trying to make the printers work...but that should be ok!

Just the Japanese language input seems not willing to "work"

I've searched a few forums and nothing will do the trick...so I guess it must be me

Again thanks for the help!

I really appreciate!

Laurent

Synaptic is GUI while apt-get is command line. Both do the same stuff. It's matter of personal taste what you use, since you are new with Linux probably Synaptic would be easier for you. However it's easier to convey intructions on forums through command line -- I can copy&paste the command, but it's harder to explain what buttons to push on Synaptic, so I will use whatever is easier for me

So, here we go:
First do: apt-get update
Then:
apt-get install -s scim (this doesn't actually do anything, it only simulates "-s" the action)

This is the real command:
apt-get install scim
That should install scim package, do the same for the rest of packages that Jon recommended. Read the prompts, if you don't understand what they ask don't reply "yes" just copy and paste here in forum and someone will explain to you what it means and what you should do.

As a rule, copy and paste in this tread the output of the command so people will know exactly what happens on your system, otherwise is kind of hard to guess....
--
Post questions on www.mepislovers.org too.
Check out our wiki: www.mepislovers-wiki.org

hmm...

I tried with Synaptic and the "scim" doesnt appear, I manually searched for it (one by one and also used the search feature).

I then tried the Konsole as advized...nothing appearing!

Konsole with root privileges.

I also checked some Japanese forums FYI:

http://homepage3.nifty.com/shinchandesu/mepis/mepis-install.html

(not too recent though)

http://linux2ch.bbzone.net/index.php?InstallationMEPISLinuxFAQs

Will re-install, to make sure I didn't do anything wrong!

Again thanks for the help

Laurent

Laurent, you state, "then tried the Konsole as advized...nothing appearing!". Are you not even getting a box to open up into which you can then enter commands? If you are starting "konsole with root privaleges" then you will have to enter root's password (the root password that you gave your system, not the root password "root" that is entered for installation). On 3.4 there should be a small (very small) icon just to the right of the "K" start button. It as a little "S>" in it. Another way to start a regular console is to it alt+f2 (run) and enter "konsole". Then, after the konsole opens, enter "su" and then root's password.

You may want to check your /etc/apt/sources.list file also. Compare what it shows with the one listed here:
Sources.list - Mepis Documentation Wiki
http://www.mepislovers-wiki.org/index.php?title=Sources.list

You can disply your list by performing "cat /etc/apt/sources.list" in a konsole. Anything that has a leading "#" is commented out and thus "not available". If you use synaptic, click on Settings, then Repostitories. Anything with an X marked is enabled and is thus "available". Compare what you see with the list above. If you have any questions, post back

Jon

Yes you need to add some of the repositories. Mepis 3.4.3 only has Mepis repo enabled by default. You need to enable the debian etch/testing one.
To do so look here:
http://www.mepislovers-wiki.org/index.php?title=Enable_Debian_Sources

anticapitalista

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

YES that was it!!!

Thanks a lot guys!!! Now have a fully working MEPIS with Japanese input!...like it more and more!

Cheers and thanks

Laurent

...doo itashimashite (don't mention it)

Jon

kochira kosou