IBus Chinese Pinyin IM on Linux Mint

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Following this:

1. Install ibus-pinyin:

   $ sudo apt-get install ibus ibus-clutter ibus-gtk ibus-gtk3 ibus-qt4 $ sudo apt-get install ibus-pinyin $ im-switch -s ibus

2. Restart machine;

3. Right-click the ibus-pinyin icon in system tray, select "Preference", then "IBus Preferences" panel open;

4. On this panel, under tag "Input Method", check "Customize active input methods", select "Pinyin", then click "Add" button;

Now use Ctrl-Space to swtich between IBus-Pinyin and english input method.

The pro of ibus-pinyin is no need to modify system-wide configurations.

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2014-7-22:

1. sudo apt-get install ibus-pinyin ibus-gtk;

2. ibus-setup, add "PinYin" to the System;

3. Logout and login;

Bingo.

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