Mathieu’s log

This is how you can install Fantasdic, my (self-proclaimed ;-)) versatile dictionary application in Mac OS X. Windows users can download an application bundle from the official website and Linux users can probably install it from their distro’s package manager (at least on Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora).

1. Macports

Install Macports.

2. X11

Install X11 for Mac OS X.

3. Fantasdic

Install dependencies:
$ sudo port install rb-gtk2 rb-libglade2 git-core

Retrieve latest source code:
$ git clone git://git.gnome.org/fantasdic

Install fantasdic:
$ cd fantasdic/
$ ruby setup.rb config
$ ruby setup.rb setup
$ sudo ruby setup.rb install

You can now launch fantasdic by running the “fantasdic” command.

You can use Platypus to make it a dock application. In that case, you need to input the full path to the ruby interpreter and fantasdic: /opt/local/bin/ruby and /opt/local/bin/fantasdic, respectively.

4. Kinput2 and canna

You can safely skip this if you don’t need to input Japanese.

Install kinput2 and canna (kana-kanji conversion server):
$ sudo port install kinput2 canna

Activate canna on startup:
$ sudo launchctl load -w /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.canna/org.macports.canna.plist

Activate kinput2 on X’s startup:
$ cp /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc
$ vi ~/.xinitrc

And add the following line below “# start some nice programs”:
test -x /opt/local/bin/kinput2 && /opt/local/bin/kinput2 &

The command to launch fantasdic is now:
XMODIFIERS=”@im=kinput2″ GTK_IM_MODULE=”xim” LANG=”ja_JP.UTF-8″ fantasdic

And the obligatory screenshot ;-)

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