How to build uim Requirements ============ The requirements for building uim is listed below. * iconv(3) * curses (need to build uim-fep) * Anthy (need to use Japanese Anthy module) * Canna (need to use Japanese Canna module) * mana (need to use Japanese mana module) * PRIME (need to use Japanese PRIME module) * m17nlib >= 1.2 (need to use uim-m17nlib bridge) * GTK+ >= 2.4 (need to build gtk tools and gtk immodule) * gnome-panel (need to build GNOME applet indicator) * Qt >= 3.3.2 (need to build qt tools. you also need to apply immodule patch to build qt immodule) Compilation =========== First, please extract source from tar ball. $ tar xvzf uim-x.x.x.tar.gz Then, move to the extracted directory and run configure. $ cd uim-x.x.x $ ./configure configure options disabled as default is like this. * --enable-debug : build uim with debug information * --enable-dict : enable Japanese dictionary tool * --with-canna : use Canna * --with-qt : build qt tools * --with-qt-immodule : build qt immodule. you need the qt with the qt-immodule patch Finally, make and install it. $ make $ su $ make install By default, uim is installed under /usr/local , but this directory may not be on the system search path. Should that be the case, add the line /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.conf and then, run ldconfig.