To write Indian languages using SCIM perform the following procedures :

1. Go to System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager
2. Search for the language you want to type. (Like gujarati, hindi, marathi, etc.)
3. The synaptic package manager will then show you a list of packages corresponding to the language.
4. Install all of them to be on a safer side.


If you want to use SCIM in ubuntu applications, all you have to do is right click in that application, click on input methods and then click on SCIM input method or SCIM bridge input method.

If you're using OpenOffice the above method won't work. For using SCIM in openoffice you'll have to do the following steps :


1. Open a terminal (Applications>Accessories>Terminal) and type the following commands :
$ locale|grep 'LANG=' (This will display your locale. For example, for India it is "es_IN.UTF-8".)
$ im-switch -z es_IN.UTF-8 -s scim
2. Log out and Log in this will start the SCIM.
3. $ sudo gedit /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/scim
4. Change the line :GTK_IM_MODULE=xim into GTK_IM_MODULE="scim-bridge" and QT_IM_MODULE=xim into QT_IM_MODULE="scim-bridge"

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