spiegel-keyman/linux/README.md
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# Keyman for Linux
## Projects
- [keyman-config](./keyman-config) - km-config and some other tools to install, uninstall
and view information about Keyman keyboard packages.
- [ibus-keyman](./ibus-keyman) - IBUS integration to use .kmx Keyman keyboards
- [kmflcomp](./kmflcomp) - KMFL keyboard compiler
- [libkmfl](./libkmfl) - older KMFL core library
- [ibus-kmfl](./ibus-kmfl) - IBUS integration to use KMFL
- scim\_kmfl\_imengine - deprecated SCIM engine to use KMFL
See [license information](./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 KMFL and Keyman for Linux
`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`
### Compiling from Command Line
#### Build script
##### Installing for ibus to use ibus-kmfl or ibus-keyman
- The process to build and install everything is:
- `make reconf` to create the build system and set the version
- `make fullbuild` to configure and build
- `sudo make install` to install to `/usr/local`
- Some of the files must be installed to `/usr/share/` so `make install` must be run as `sudo`.
To do this run `sudo make install`
- This will install to `/usr/local`
- and `/usr/share/ibus/component/kmfl.xml` and `/usr/share/kmfl/icons`
- and `/usr/share/ibus/component/keyman.xml` and `/usr/share/keyman/icons`
- If you already have the ibus-kmfl package installed then it will move the file `/usr/share/ibus/component/kmfl.xml` to `/usr/share/doc/ibus-kmfl/`
- If you already have the ibus-keyman package installed then it will move the file `/usr/share/ibus/component/keyman.xml` to `/usr/share/doc/ibus-keyman/`
- run `sudo make 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**, **kmflcomp**, **libkmfl**, **ibus-kmfl** and **ibus-keyman** to `/tmp/kmfl`
This is only for testing the build, not for running **ibus-kmfl** or **ibus-keyman** in ibus
#### Manually
- **libkmfl** requires `kmfl.h` header from **kmflcomp**
- **ibus-kfml** requires `kmfl.h` and headers and lib from **libkmfl**
- **ibus-keyman** requires headers and lib from **keyboardprocessor**
So
- **kmflcomp** must be built and installed before **libkmfl**
- **libkmfl** must be built and installed before **ibus-kmfl**
- **keyboardprocessor** must be built before **ibus-keyman**
For each project run `./configure && make && make install`.
You may prefer to create a different directory to build in and run configure from there e.g.
```bash
mkdir ../build-kmflcomp
cd ../build-kmflcomp
../kmflcomp/configure
make
make install
```
The install of **ibus-kmfl** doesn't install everything to the correct location for it to be
used - to be fixed
### Continuous integration
Teamcity PR builds will run `make tmpinstall`
Master builds run `make tmpinstall` and create source packages
Nightly builds upload the most recent new master build to https://downloads.keyman.com
### Building packages
See [Linux packaging doc](https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman/blob/master/docs/linux-packaging.md)
for details on building Linux packages for Keyman.
### Testing
The unit tests can be running with the following command:
```bash
cd linux/keyman-config
./run-tests.sh
```
### 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 you need to run `ibus restart` so that ibus will look for it. (TODO: double check this)
#### Activating a Keyman keyboard
##### GNOME3 (focal and bionic default)
- 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.
##### Unity (xenial default)
- Run `Text Entry`
- Click `+` to add a keyboard.
- In `Choose an input source` search for "Other" or the keyboard name, or "Ibus" to find Keyman keyboards.
Check `Show current input source in the menu bar` to see what keyboard you are using and have a menu for keyboards.
Use `Win-space` to switch between keyboards.
##### Cinnamon (wasta xenial default)
- Open `Menu` and find `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