January 12 2014

Ubuntu – How to install InstanceBird in Linux (x86)

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I can’t find any official repository to install InstanceBird with “apg-get install” in ubuntu. There is a manual way to install InstanceBird 1.4 (32-bit) in x86 base Linux like Ubuntu, Debian, Centos, Fedora and etc .. Please download the pre-compiled binary as below:

To install:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget -c www.instantbird.com/downloads/1.4/instantbird-1.4.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2
$ sudo mv instantbird /opt/instantbird
$ sudo chmod -R 755 /opt/instantbird
$ sudo chown -R : /opt/instantbird
$ wget -c http://dl.dropbox.com/u/964512/misc/instantbird.desktop
$ sudo mv instantbird.desktop /usr/share/applications/instantbird.desktop

Then, launch instancebird 🙂

$ /opt/instantbird/instantbird &

To uninstall or remove InstanceBird, just remove the whole dir of instancebird:

$ sudo rm -rf /opt/instantbird
$ sudo rm /usr/share/applications/instantbird.desktop

December 25 2013

Ubuntu 13.10 – How to configure Chinese Input Method?

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Ubuntu 13.10 – How to configure Chinese Input Method?

(1) Download & install required packages:

Goto “System Settings”
> “Language Support”
> “Install / Remove Languages”
> “Chinese (simplified)” or other Chinese options. It will take some times to download & install relevant packages.
> Choose “IBus” at “Keyboard input method system”
> Click “close”

(2) Configure Input Methods:
Choose “Text Entry” at “System Settings”

December 25 2013

Ubuntu 13.10 – How to install GUI Chinese Lunar Calendar?

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Ubuntu 13.10 – How to install GUI Chinese Lunar Calendar?

(1) Install chinese-calendar:

$ sudo apt-get install chinese-calendar

(2) Launch chinese-calendar:
$ chinese-calendar

(3) You will find the calendar in menu bar.