Hindi On Debian & Ubuntu Box

1 .Install the following packages using apt-get install.

scim-uim scim-tables-additional scim-modules-table scim-m17n scim-gtk2-immodule scim uim-xim uim-utils uim-m17nlib uim scim-uim

2. Download The Font From Website.

http://www.bharatdarshan.co.nz/hindi_font_downloads.html


3. Make a directory ttf-hindi in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/

4. Copy the downloaded font to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-hindi/

5. Run fc-cache in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-hindi/

6. Open text editor & test it.

Enjoy.. :-)