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# Keyman for Linux
## Projects
- [keyman-config](../../linux/keyman-config) - km-config and some other tools to install, uninstall
and view information about Keyman keyboard packages.
- [ibus-keyman](../../linux/ibus-keyman) - IBUS integration to use .kmp Keyman keyboards
- [core](../../core) - common keyboardprocessor library
See [license information](../../linux/LICENSE.md) about licensing.
## Linux Requirements/Setup
- It is helpful to be using the [packages.sil.org](http://packages.sil.org) repo
- Install packages required for building and developing Keyman for Linux
```bash
sudo apt install cdbs debhelper libx11-dev autotools-dev build-essential \
dh-autoreconf flex bison libibus-1.0-dev python3-setuptools meson \
libjson-glib-dev libgtk-3-dev libxml2-utils help2man python3-lxml \
python3-magic python3-numpy python3-pil python3-pip python3-qrcode \
python3-requests python3-requests-cache python3 python3-gi dconf-cli \
dconf-editor cargo python3-dbus gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 ibus libglib2.0-bin \
liblocale-gettext-perl xvfb xserver-xephyr metacity mutter
```
## Compiling from Command Line
### Build script
#### Installing for ibus to use ibus-keyman
- The process to build and install everything is:
- `linux/build.sh configure` to set the version and setup the build system
- `linux/build.sh build` to build
- `sudo linux/build.sh install` to install to `/usr/local`
- Some of the files must be installed to `/usr/share/` or `/usr/local/share`
so `linux/build.sh install` must be run as `sudo`.
To do this run `sudo linux/build.sh install`
- This will install to `/usr/local` and
`/usr/local/share/ibus/component/keyman.xml` and `/usr/local/share/keyman/icons`
- run `sudo linux/build.sh uninstall` to uninstall everything and put it back again
#### Tmp install
Used by TC for validating PRs
Run `make tmpinstall` to build and install **keyboardprocessor** and **ibus-keyman** to `/tmp/keyman`
This is only for testing the build, not for running **ibus-keyman** in ibus
### Manually
- **ibus-keyman** requires headers and lib from **keyboardprocessor**
So
- **keyboardprocessor** must be built before **ibus-keyman**
For each project run `./build.sh && ./build.sh install`.
## Continuous integration
Teamcity PR builds will run `make tmpinstall`
Master builds run `make tmpinstall` and create source packages
Nightly and release builds upload the most recent new master build to <https://downloads.keyman.com>
## Building packages
See [Linux packaging doc](packaging.md)
for details on building Linux packages for Keyman.
## Testing
### keyman-config
The unit tests can be run with the following command:
```bash
cd linux/keyman-config
./run-tests.sh
```
### ibus-keyman
If you want to run the ibus-keyman tests with Wayland, you'll have to
have `mutter` installed (version >=40). Otherwise you'll only be able
to run the tests with X11.
The tests can be run with the following command:
```bash
cd linux/ibus-keyman
./build.sh test
```
or with a script that accepts additional parameters:
```bash
cd linux/ibus-keyman/tests
scripts/run-tests
```
The `run-tests` script accepts different arguments which can be seen with
`scripts/run-tests --help`.
## Running Keyman for Linux
### Setting up Ibus
Ibus should be running on a default install of Ubuntu.
You may want to install extra packages to get other ibus input methods e.g
**ibus-unikey** for VN.
Run `ibus restart` after installing any of them.
### Getting a Keyman keyboard
- After installing a Keyman keyboard usually ibus will be restarted
automatically so that ibus will look for the new keyboard. If for
whatever reason the keyboard doesn't show up in the system
keyboard list, you can manually run `ibus restart`.
### Activating a Keyman keyboard
Keyman tries to activate the keyboard automatically. If you want to activate
it for a different language, you can do so by following the steps below.
#### GNOME3 (focal and bionic default, also newer Ubuntu versions)
- Click the connection/sound/shutdown section in the top right. Then the tools
icon for Settings.
- In `Language and Region` click `+` to add a keyboard.
- Click the 3 dots expander then search for "Other" and click it
- The Keyman keyboards should be listed here to choose
- Use `Win-space` to switch between keyboards.
#### Cinnamon (wasta default)
- Open `Menu` and find `IBus Keyboards` (`IBus Preferences`) and run it
- Make sure `Show icon on system tray` is checked
- Select the tab `Input Method`.
- Click `Add` to add a keyman keyboard.
- Click the 3 dots expander then search for "Other" and click it
- The Keyman keyboards should be listed here to choose
#### MATE (alternative)
- Open `System-> Preferences -> Other -> IBus Preferences`.
- Make sure `Show icon on system tray` is checked
- Select the tab `Input Method`.
- Click `Add` to add a keyman keyboard.
- Click the 3 dots expander then search for "Other" and click it
- The Keyman keyboards should be listed here to choose