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Ubuntu 9.10: Installing and Working with Malayalalam fonts

Earlier, as a beginner I felt so difficult to work with Linux. Especially in areas like installing a new software, mounting NTFS partitions, installing my CDMA modem driver etc. But Linux is improving day by day. Newer versions of Ubuntu detects wide range of modems automatically! One can easily mount and manage NTFS files by clicking on your windows drives. Installing Malayalam font swanalekha is also a simple task even though the process contain a set of commands. All that you need to do is to create a shell script (Shell script is a script file that can be used in Unix environments to run a set of commands) and store these commands to that file. Save the script. Connect to the Internet and run it as root.


The steps for installing and using swanalekha phonetic keyboard are as follows:-

Step 1. Open Text Editor (Applications-> Accessories->Text Editor)
Step 2. Copy following commands to it:-
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apt-get install language-support-ml language-pack-ml language-pack-gnome-ml language-pack-gnome-ml-base language-pack-kde-ml language-pack-kde-ml-base

apt-get install scim scim-gtk2-immodule m17n-contrib scim-m17n

wget http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/smc/Swanalekha/scim-ml-phonetic_0.1.3-2_all.deb
dpkg -i scim-ml-phonetic_0.1.3-2_all.deb

wget http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/ttf-indic-fonts/ttf-malayalam-fonts_0.5.4_all.deb
dpkg -i ttf-malayalam-fonts_0.5.4_all.deb

touch /etc/X11/Xsession.d/74custom-scim_startup
chmod 646 /etc/X11/Xsession.d/74custom-scim_startup
echo 'export XMODIFIERS="@im=SCIM"' >> /etc/X11/Xsession.d/74custom-scim_startup
echo 'export GTK_IM_MODULE="scim"' >> /etc/X11/Xsession.d/74custom-scim_startup
echo 'export XIM_PROGRAM="scim -d"' >> /etc/X11/Xsession.d/74custom-scim_startup
echo 'export QT_IM_MODULE="scim"' >> /etc/X11/Xsession.d/74custom-scim_startup
chmod 644 /etc/X11/Xsession.d/74custom-scim_startup

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Step 3: Save the text file as install-ml.sh to desktop/ (you can give any name but dont forget to use '.sh' extension)

Step 4: Open Terminal. (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal)

Step 5: Type-> sudo bash

Step 6: Go to Desktop location (Eg. cd Desktop)

Step 7: Type-> sh install-ml.sh (name of the shell script to be executed)

Step8;: After completion Reboot (or use Ctrl+Alt+Back space).

SCIM tool will be enabled and you can select malayalm swanaslekha phonetic keyboard layout for typing malayalm letters.

Enjoy Linux.....hoorey

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