aashiks writes: > Hi all, > I checked the PKGBUILD scripts that Asish sent. Both scripts work correctly. > The m17n-lib PKGBUILD script is correct and it correctly shows a dependency > for libotf. But I couldn't find the libotf package in pacman. So I ended up > using the libotf-cvs (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16709) from > AUR. This libotf packages is installed as libotf-cvs, so i had to modify the > PKGBUILD script for m17n-lib to use libotf-cvs instaed of libotf. So I think > if the m17n-lib package has to be included in extra/community repos, the > libotf package should go in also. Sorry, I didn't noticed that it needed libotf also. Attached is the PKGBUILD for libotf-0.9.8. I never experienced this quick porting with any distro other than FreeBSD and ofcourse ArchLinux. This is real fun. > The m17n-db script works correctly. > If the m17n-libs are included, then I think it would be a very good idea to > include the m17-contrib packages from AUR > (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22049) also, since this includes > m17n support for some widely used indic languages . I was specifically looking > for Malayalam which got recently included in m17n-contrib. AFAICS, Malayalam language input seems to be supported in m17n-db-1.5.2 also. What specific thing are you looking for Malyalam language like rendering of Malyalam script, input method HTH -- Ashish SHUKLA
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pkgname=libotf pkgver=0.9.8 pkgrel=0 pkgdesc="OpenType Font library" url="http://www.m17n.org/libotf/"; arch=('i686' 'x86_64') license=('GPL') groups= provides= depends=('libxaw' 'libxmu' 'libxt' 'freetype2' 'libx11') makedepends= conflicts= replaces= backup= install= source=(http://www.m17n.org/libotf/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz) md5sums=('586e806cf585e26ce5f3a51c472fe2d5') build() { cd ${srcdir}/$pkgname-$pkgver ./configure --prefix=/usr make || return 1 make prefix=${pkgdir}/usr install || return 1 }
