This will allow you to install Japanese conversion engine and input method so you can input Japanese in OpenOffice and Mozilla while retaining an English environment.

open Mepis System Center | Package Management
add the following under User defined sources:

#im-ja
deb http://im-ja.sourceforge.net/ ./
deb-src http://im-ja.sourceforge.net/ ./

then hit Apply

Use kpackage, synaptic or terminal but install the following packages:

apt-get update
apt-get install <packagenames>

install Japanese fonts
ttf-sazanami-gothic ttf-sazanami-mincho ttf-mikachan

install Japanese dictionaries
edict enamdict kanjidic

install conversion engine & input method
canna canna-shion im-ja-canna

- learning japanese
kanatest kdrill kiten langdrill

it'll ask run Canna servers choose YES


Canna server connect from remote host NO

Or install them all in one shot which is about 30MB total for all Japanese packages.
apt-get update
apt-get install ttf-sazanami-gothic ttf-sazanami-mincho ttf-mikachan edict enamdict kanjidic canna canna-shion im-ja-canna kanatest kdrill kiten langdrill

First time you open OpenOffice or Mozilla it'll ask you to configure im-ja but if you want to configure it now do the following:
KMenu | Run Command and type in as a normal user, not root im-ja-conf


Click Canna to be the Default kanji conversion engine.


Shows you the characters which indicate which input mode your in.


Configure your hotkeys or at least try to memorize some. Remember F5.


Now you just have to configure OpenOffice and Mozilla and your done.

Updated Jul 12, 2004


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