install ibus-typing-booster on Ubuntu

Question

I tried ibus-typing-booster software on fedora. Is this available for Ubuntu?

This is really useful software that I will like to use.

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Update:

I tried to install it using the following steps. But got an error:

wget https://fedorahosted.org/releases/i/b/ibus-typing-booster/ibus-typing-booster-1.2.11.tar.gz

./configure
make
sudo make install

it complains about ibus version

checking for IBUS... no
configure: error: Package requirements (ibus-1.0 >= 1.1.0) were not met:

No package 'ibus-1.0' found

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables IBUS_CFLAGS
and IBUS_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

but I have latest ibus

$ ibus version
IBus 1.5.5

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Update 2:

after adding one more package called libibus, I am able to continue.

sudo apt-get install libibus-1.0-dev

But getting an error while making install:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~/ibus-typing-booster-1.2.7$ sudo make install
Making install in engine
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/ubuntu/ibus-typing-booster-1.2.7/engine'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/ubuntu/ibus-typing-booster-1.2.7/engine'
 /bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/libexec'
 /usr/bin/install -c ibus-engine-typing-booster '/usr/local/libexec'
 /bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/share/ibus/component'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 typing-booster.xml '/usr/local/share/ibus/component'
 /bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/share/ibus-typing-booster/engine'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 factory.py main.py hunspell_table.py hunspell_suggest.py tabsqlitedb.py itb_util.py '/usr/local/share/ibus-typing-booster/engine'
../py-compile: Missing argument to --destdir.
Makefile:400: recipe for target 'install-engine_tablePYTHON' failed
make[2]: *** [install-engine_tablePYTHON] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/ubuntu/ibus-typing-booster-1.2.7/engine'
Makefile:539: recipe for target 'install-am' failed
make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/ubuntu/ibus-typing-booster-1.2.7/engine'
Makefile:482: recipe for target 'install-recursive' failed
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

Answer 1

Looks like it is there under the name lp:ibus-typing-booster.

Answer 2

To install on Ubuntu you should follow the indications given in the development section of the site. Typing booster Development

As a short reminder here,

./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib/ibus
make
make check # optional
make install

Required:

• ibus >= 1.5.3
• libm17n-0
• m17n-db
• python3 >= 3.3
• python3-dbus
• python3-xdg

Answer 3

According to ibus-typing-booster official site, there is an entry for ubuntu in "How to install" section, but unfortunate seems not working.

But anyway you can download the rpm package and try to convert to deb using alien.

Install alien:

sudo apt-get install alien

Converting the RPM file to a Debian package

sudo alien package_file.rpm

Installing the converted Debian package

sudo dpkg -i package_file.deb

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EDIT:

Thanks to wilf comment

you can find the source code from https://fedorahosted.org/releases/i/b/ibus-typing-booster/

Download it, compile then install.

./configure
make
sudo make install