can someone help me install japanese?

[Belvegas]

hello all.

 

i've gotten 10.5 up and running on my msi wind. but the japanese language fonts don't work at all. i've read on other forums/threads that i need to copy and paste the dictionaries from a clean copy of os x and then type in some commands in terminal.

 

i have no idea/experience using terminal.

 

can anyone please help me with this? i've copied the previous thread's instructions below:

 

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You need to copy them from a clean installation of MacOS X.

 

The folder is:

 

/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LangAnalysis.framework/Versions/A/Support/

 

After this, go to terminal, change into the directory fix the permissions with:

 

sudo chown -R root:wheel *

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what is meant by 'change into the directory'?

[allenwkk]

Terminal commands to do your above :

 

1. Open terminal application in the utilities folder under application.

2. type :

sudo -s

3. type : your password (the root password of your mac)

4. change directory by type

cd /system/library/extensions/

5 type

sudo chown -R root:wheel *

6. type

sudo chmod -R 755 *

 

then restart computer.

 

goog luck

[Belvegas]

thanks for the response.

 

unfortunately, it did not work!

 

nothing changed. after restarting i opened text editor but still had the same problem. i switch to hiragana from the top menu but when i try to type the computer just becomes very slow and only english alphabet shows up.

 

any idea what i'm doing wrong? is there a special method i have to use to exit terminal?

[allenwkk]

Sorry, the directory change should be (as you have changed the Frameworks not the extensions folder)

 

cd /system/library/Frameworks

instead of

cd /system/library/extensions

 

 

you can check if the terminal commands done are successful or not by right click the icons in

/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LangAnalysis.framework/Versions/A/Support/

and select "get info"

under the "sharing & permissions

should show

 

 

Name Priviege

system Read & write

wheel Read only

everyone Read only

[Belvegas]

thanks again for the response.

 

but still no luck

 

i tried the revised method but got the same result. i even checked the permissions as you described, which seem to be all correct.

 

so now i have no idea what i've done wrong.

 

please let me know if you have any other thoughts. thanks.

[allenwkk]

GO back to basic... forget about all these terminal command, have you try to do as this link?

 

http://library.wcc.hawaii.edu/Computers/Ti...anese_Input.pdf

 

also if you have font problem, did you try under the "Font book" under folder "application" to install a valid font?

[Belvegas]

hello again.

 

i checked and ensured that yes, i do have proper japanese fonts installed.

 

i also checked the pdf that you lined to. i may have found a problem.

 

i don't have any option for 'japanese kana palette'. i have all the other options i need (kotoeri, hiragana, katakana etc..).

 

would this be the problem? if so, not sure how to find/install the option for 'japanese kana palette'.

 

thanks