# for Simplified Chinese
xfonts-intl-chinese
ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp
ttf-arphic-gkai00mp
# for Traditional Chinese
xfonts-intl-chinese-big
ttf-arphic-bkai00mp
ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp
2. scim pkgs
scim - Smart Common Input Method platform
scim-chinese - Smart Chinese Pinyin input server module for SCIM
scim-config-gconf - GConf Config module for SCIM
scim-config-socket - Socket Config module for SCIM
scim-dev - Smart Common Input Method platform, development files
scim-dev-doc - Smart Common Input Method platform, developer documentation
scim-frontend-socket - Socket FrontEnd module for SCIM
scim-gtk2-immodule - A GTK2 IMModule using SCIM for input backend
scim-server-socket - Socket Server module for SCIM
scim-tables-additional - SCIM Input Method table data for additional languages
scim-tables-ja - SCIM Japanese Input Method table data (Hiragana, Katagana, etc.)
scim-tables-ko - SCIM Korean Input Method table data (Hangul, Hanja, etc.)
scim-tables-zh - SCIM Chinese Input Method table data (WuBi, CangJie, etc.)
3. locale
$locale
should have,
LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF.8
4. /etc/environment should have
LC_CTYPE="zh_CN.UTF.8"
5. configure "ctrl-space" to switch between chinese and english