broken installation

[stranger in black.....]

I tried to install the enable malayalam given in the
http://malayalam.kerala.gov.in in ubuntu 9.10. But it caused unmet
dependencies.
when I tried to fix the broken dependencies, by the command *apt-get
install -f*, it showed the removal of *ubuntu-desktop*, which will
cause many problems. I cant install any other application due to this.
What is the remedy?

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[JeevZ]

ubuntu is headache for me..Try Mandy!!

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[Manilal K M]

2009/11/27 JeevZ <jeev...@gmail.com>:

> ubuntu is headache for me..Try Mandy!!
>
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 5:12 PM, stranger in black..... <gnu...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I tried to install the enable malayalam given in the
>> http://malayalam.kerala.gov.in in ubuntu 9.10. But it caused unmet
>> dependencies.
>> when I tried to fix the broken dependencies, by the command *apt-get
>> install -f*, it showed the removal of *ubuntu-desktop*, which will
>> cause many problems. I cant install any other application due to this.
>> What is the remedy?

Jeevz:
This is really a bad way to reply to issues reported in a mailing
list. Please don't reply if you don't have a solution for the specific
issue.

stranger:
I think the documentation is based on an older version of Ubuntu which
required the pango/icu patches. But since those patches are already in
upstream, you may not need to install the additional packages to
enable Malayalam. AFAIK, Malayalam works perfectly in ubuntu-9.10
except translations.

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[stranger in black.....]

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Manilal K M <libr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Malayalam works perfectly in ubuntu-9.10
> except translations.

@ Manilal sir
I want transliteration

[stranger in black.....]

But still how can fix the broken dependencies without removing ubuntu-desktop.

[stranger in black.....]

On 11/27/09, stranger in black..... <gnu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> But still how can fix the broken dependencies without removing ubuntu-desktop.

This is really annoying. I am fed up with this. Should I reinstall the
whole ubuntu itself to solve the problem?

[Manilal K M]

2009/11/27 stranger in black..... <gnu...@gmail.com>:

> On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Manilal K M <libr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Malayalam works perfectly in ubuntu-9.10
>> except translations.
> @ Manilal sir
> I want transliteration

I'm not sure how to solve the dependency problem since I'm not an
expert in Ubuntu/Debian. Do you have ibus/scim/xkb ?

[JeevZ]

please Install mandriva2009spring. You wont  regret for it..

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@Manilal


<snipet>

Jeevz:
This is really a bad way to reply to issues reported in a mailing
list. Please don't reply if you don't have a solution for the specific
issue.

      <quote>I'm not sure how to solve the dependency problem since I'm not an

expert in Ubuntu/Debian. Do you have ibus/scim/xkb ?

       </quote>
</snipet>

Now What?--:)

[Sebin Jacob]

Jeevz,

You need to follow some netiquette. You need ibus or scim or xkb to set up language support. So what Manilal had asked is part of the problem solving. If you don't have a solution, better keep quite. The answer for how could you cross the ferry is not 'buy a ship'. Mind it. 

[JeevZ]

<quote>

The answer for how could you cross the ferry is not 'buy a ship'. Mind it.

</quote>
I never knew  Mandriva is a Ship!!!..:)

plus...I did not mean any  personal offense by ""Now What?--:) "".. it was just a funny smiling expression..

and last, 

<snipet>
Mind it
</snipet>
Dont be bossy, if  you want  to tell others to follow  etiquette, then first you  follow them ...Nothing personal..please dnt take any offenses..
...

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Sebin Jacob <sena...@gmail.com> wrote:

Jeevz,

You need to follow some netiquette. You need ibus or scim or xkb to set up language support. So what Manilal had asked is part of the problem solving. If you don't have a solution, better keep quite. The answer for how could you cross the ferry is not 'buy a ship'. Mind it. 

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[Manilal K M]

2009/11/30 JeevZ <jeev...@gmail.com>:

> <quote>
> The answer for how could you cross the ferry is not 'buy a ship'. Mind it.
> </quote>
> I never knew  Mandriva is a Ship!!!..:)
>
> plus...I did not mean any  personal offense by ""Now What?--:) "".. it was
> just a funny smiling expression..

Please be aware that this is a public mailing list and it's been
archived. We are not replying/responding to the issues posted just
because it will solve one person's problems, but to serve as a
reference to all the users who wish to use FOSS. So posting something
disgusting and then providing some weird clarfications doesn't sounds
good. Please review my first reply to this thread.

IMO, solving a problem and suggesting a solution are entirely
different and you should be aware of the context.

regards

[JeevZ]

Nothing personal I said early..:)...and
@Manilal,,

I completely got what   you said, but please review  my first reply too..

If someone  complaining about Windows OS issues , I would suggest him to try a Gnu/Linux rather than trying to debug his windows machine..so that would be a suggestion and "might be" a solution too,..Depends upon that person..Just like that , some body complaining about the issues of Ubuntu, there are two things,
1.try to debug and fix it...
2..use any other...

The very context of FOSS is about " we have alternatives""... 

So its perfectly clear that, we have many ways to cross ferry  than buying the  Titanic.
<quote>

solving a problem and suggesting a solution are entirely
different

</quote>
I believe suggesting a  solution can be the cause to solving a problem..

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[Ashik S]

@Jeevz

I personally think Mandriva is the best. But that was not the question asked
and "Use mandriva !" is not a solution. If you dont know the answer or where
to look for it , it is better that you not reply to the thread at all. Humor
is tolerated, but the kind of discussion I saw in the thread is not at all
healthy. Try to be serious and thoughtful.

@All

Any further discussion that is not on the particular query i.e) off topic is
not welcome. Once again, do read http://kandalaya.org/guidelines.html.

[stranger in black.....]

So everybody, please come back to the topic.

[stranger in black.....]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Manilal K M <libr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you have ibus/scim/xkb ?
>

Scim is there

[sooraj kenoth]

@stranger in black.....

I think it is better to restart as new thread.

[Adhin D]

@stranger in black.....

What exactly are you looking for?

Do you want to see your ubuntu in malayalam?

Or just want to type in malayalam?

If the choice is second one, iBus is default installed in Karmic. System>Prefrences>IBus Prefrences

then from 'Input Method' tab, select & add Malayalam (I prefer 'Mozhi').

If you need identifying the equivalent characters

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Malayalam might help you.

I'm not entirely sure that this is what you are looking for...

[Manilal K M]

2009/11/30 stranger in black..... <gnu...@gmail.com>:

> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Manilal K M <libr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Do you have ibus/scim/xkb ?
>>
> Scim is there

As Adhin mentioned, I would also suggest using ibus. I have been using
it in Fedora 11 and it works well. However, if you still want to stick
on with scim, then probably you need to install "scim-m17n" and
"m17n-contrib" from the ubuntu repository..

If you want to start scim automatically when you login, then run the
following commands:
# sudo -i
# 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

Hope this helps.

regards

[stranger in black.....]

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Manilal K M <libr...@gmail.com> wrote:
e
>
> As Adhin mentioned, I would also suggest using ibus. I have been using
> it in Fedora 11 and it works well. However, if you still want to stick
> on with scim, then probably you need to install "scim-m17n" and
> "m17n-contrib" from the ubuntu repository..

Does this support phonetic keyboard?

I think no updates are coming in this site
http://malayalam.kerala.gov.in. They are still with ubuntu 8.04

The answer to the removal of the ubuntu-desktop package can be solved
by reinstalling it. I thought it will be very large package. From
another mailing list I got the information that it is just a meta
package, checked the package list and found it is just having 29kB in
size. So no need to worry about the band width

[Manilal K M]

2009/12/1 stranger in black..... <gnu...@gmail.com>:

> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Manilal K M <libr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> e
>>
>> As Adhin mentioned, I would also suggest using ibus. I have been using
>> it in Fedora 11 and it works well. However, if you still want to stick
>> on with scim, then probably you need to install "scim-m17n" and
>> "m17n-contrib" from the ubuntu repository..
>
> Does this support phonetic keyboard?

it supports itrans(transliteration) and swanalekha

>
> I think no updates are coming in this site
> http://malayalam.kerala.gov.in. They are still with ubuntu 8.04

The site is maintained and updated by SPACE and IT Mission. There is a
section "അഭിപ്രായങ്ങളും നിര്‍ദ്ദേശങ്ങളും" on their website. May be
nice if you could sent a comment.

>
> The answer to the removal of the ubuntu-desktop package can be solved
> by reinstalling it. I thought it will be very large package. From
> another mailing list I got the information that it is just a meta
> package, checked the package list and found it is just having 29kB in
> size. So no need to worry about the band width

:)