spiegel-keyman/linux/README.md
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# Keyman for Linux
## Projects
* [kmflcomp](./kmflcomp) - KMFL keyboard compiler
* [libkmfl](./libkmfl) - core library
* [ibus-kmfl](./ibus-kmfl) - IBUS integration to use KMFL
* [ibus-keyman](./ibus-keyman) - IBUS integration to use .kmx Keyman keyboards
* 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`
### 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.
`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
Tests to be created as there are no current tests
### 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 (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