Although for most time english is enough, we have to input some chinese when browse some chinese sites.This post will show how to add chinese input method in Debian(english version).

#Chinese Support

add chinese locales support:

1	sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

Add zh_CN GB2312, zh_CN_GBK, zh_CN.UTF-8

but still set default locale as en_US.UTF-8

This step can be manually configured in /etc/locale.gen

install fonts

sudo aptitude install fonts-arphic-uming xfonts-intl-chinese xfonts-wqy

#Fcitx Input Method

install fcitx and fcitx-pinyin

sudo aptitude install fcitx fcitx-pinyin

install im-config to config the input method

sudo aptitude install im-config

config the input method to fcitx

use im-config, then choose fcitx

restart the xwindows with sudo startx
Add shuangpin or pinyin in Input Method

use fcitx-configuretool to add shuangpin and pinyin

Problem

sometimes, we can’t add pinyin or shuangpin in english environment. Just set system’s Region and Language as chinese. (Language Support on Ubuntu)

In chinese environment, use fcitx-configuretool to add shuangpin or pinyin in Input Method (I think system will not found pinyin in eng environment). Then change system language back to english. Now you can just use chineseinput in english debian.

#Supplement

To use Wubi or Google Pinyin etc, you have to add these input method like sudo aptitude intall fcitx-googlepinyin.

As I am used to use MS shuangpin schema. To change it, use fcitx-configtool and configure shuangpin schema to MS: